Rev Talk - November 13, 2013

I got the privilege of talking with our Student Ministry last night. They are an amazing group, led by an awesome group of leaders. Jesus is soooo in love with them and it showed last night. Here's my short notes from my talk... I definitely went off-script a little too :)

Intro myself

Youth Pastor for 7 years

   ·      Ohio football games

   ·      Fighting Illini Fans

   ·      Raving fans

   ·      OT Ravers à Deuteronomy 6:6-9

   ·      I’m a social media junky: txt, blog, Twitter, FB, Instgm, (snap)

Why in the world would they do that?

   ·      Obedience – obligation – fear?

   ·      Today, we hope this would happen due to revelation

My Revelation: “What has made me a raving fan of Jesus?”

   ·      2 Corinthians 5:21

   ·      The prodigal son and the loving Father

   ·      Colossians

o   1:19 – in Jesus all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell

o   1:27 – Christ in you, the hope of glory

o   2:9-10 – Fullness in Jesus, we are filled with Him!

   ·      Galatians 2:20 – “crucified with Christ”

   ·    FOR ME, the continuing revelation of the cross of Jesus Christ just keeps getting better and better! (so I wanna be a raving fan on social)

Our reaction to revelation

   ·      Deut. 6:4-5

   ·      The Hebrew’s peace (shemah)

   ·      I gave it all up for Jesus… I gave up my “life plan”

   ·      Mark 12:28-34

   ·      Jesus repeats the famous passage and adds the outflow

   ·      Love your neighbor as you “love” or understand the revelation about you!

The difference

   ·      Obedience and obligation will not change our hearts.

   ·      Revelation…

o   Changes our hearts

o   So we want to fulfill God’s laws

o   We want to love God back

o   We want to love what He loves (his bride, his people)

o   We become raving fans of HIS Kingdom!

o   Told stories of my first youth group and their growth in Jesus.

   ·      You may not be regularly “shema-ed” by your family

o   Holy Spirit inside you is your teacher.

o   Pursue the love of the Father who is pursuing you.

o   As that love changes you… go change your world!

o   Revelation releases us into ministry

Yes there is HEBREWS on November 17th

Hi everyone...

There WILL BE class next Sunday the 17th.

Don't miss out as we will be having 3 parts in this class:
A) Short teaching from Adam Waters
B) Short teaching from Dan Putman
C) Small group discussions

Your life WILL BE changed this weekend if you're willing...

MOLO/MOPO (That's "more love, more power conference" for those asking) version 6 (I think) happens tomorrow (Friday 8th) and the next day (Sat 9th)...

I can't begin to describe the impact that these conferences have had on our church and it's people. A couple of summer's ago, we were doing a series on the Holy Spirit. At the end of the sermon series, Robby Dawkins came and did a 2 day event that changed our entire plan for the Fall of our church... including a last minute re-write to launch a MOLO/MOPO sermon series the next weekend, lol.

After that, we've had 2 conferences with Todd White, one with Will Hart and a combo conference with Randy Clark & Robby that was totally amazing. 

The faith level of our congregation, our leaders and even our staff has gone through the roof in the past 2 years.

God has had us in a very interesting time of transition and with growth comes stretching & sometimes pain... that's why we need a Comforter (Holy Spirit's name according to Jesus). 

Which is why I believe THIS WEEKEND IS SO IMPORTANT!

We've come through the season of change and it's been hard but absolutely amazing. Now, we have the opportunity to hear prophetically from an amazing servant of Jesus named Bob Hazlett. I believe that Bob (and our "God Calling" sermon series) through the power of the Holy Spirit is going to show us what's next for us this weekend.

I hope your planning on joining us. If not, I refer you to my blog on the first time Todd White came and shared with us here: todd-white-is-coming-back-to-urbana

Looking forward to an amazing week with you friends!

Adam

SIDE NOTE: We are definitely having HEBREWS at 9:15am Sunday morning.

Hebrews INTRODUCTION notes from November 3, 2013

Notes from our INTRO week #1.

Basic Class Information

Facebook Group: www.facebook.com/groups/chapelclasshebrews

Twitter: www.twitter.com/HebrewsClass

Notes also posted at: www.adamstalks.blogspot.com

Specific Questions EMAIL: Kristina.burhans@thevineyardchurch.us

This will be our schedule:

    ·      Week #1 – November 3

    ·      Week #2 – November 10

    ·      NO CLASS – November 17 Adam preaching

    ·      Week #3 – November 24

    ·      Week #4 – December 1

    ·      Week #5 – December 8

    ·      Week #6 – December 15

Second Semester: 2014

·      We will start again on January 12^th.  The following is a planned schedule, things may adjust as we are expecting twins in February.

   ·      Week #7 – January 12

   ·      Week #8 – January 19

   ·      NO CLASS – January 26 Phil Strout national director in town.

   ·      Week #9 – February 2

   ·      Week #10 – February 9

   ·      Week #11 – February 16

   ·      Week #12 – February 23

   ·      Week #13 – March 2

·      We have the chapel reserved on March 9^th and March 16^th in case we have to adjust the schedule.

INTRO

Adam’s Conviction: The Road to Emmaus (Luke 24)

Crescendo: Why study Hebrews today?

   ·      If you are not captivated by Jesus, then you’re only captivated by knowledge and theology.

   ·      If you are not captivated by Jesus, then you will never grow.

   ·      If you are not captivated by Jesus, then something else has become an idol in your life and you’ve forgotten what is important.

   ·      NTW page 80.

Jesus is better than anything else: If after I said that, you thought, “I need something deeper than just the story of Jesus.” Then, you don’t understand AT ALL how amazing He truly is.

The Revelation of Jesus is all through the Bible & rest of the Word is all throughout the book of Hebrews.

Read John 1:1-18

MUST READS:

·      Genesis 14 - Melchizedek

·      Exodus 25-31 – the tabernacle

·      Psalm 95

·      Psalm 110

·      Jeremiah 31 – new hearts

·      2 Corinthians 3 – the unveiling

Key areas to at least be familiar with:

·      The book of Genesis

·      The book of Exodus

·      Leviticus 4

·      Numbers 8 and 16

·      1 Samuel 15

·      2 Samuel 7

·      Psalms 2, 8, 22, 33, 40, 45, 94, 95, 97, 102, 104, 110

·      Proverbs 3:11-12

·      Isaiah 1, 35, 53

·      Hosea 6

·      Habakkuk 2, 3

·      The book of Matthew

DATE: Between 65-70 AD (After Paul’s death and before the fall of Jerusalem.)

AUTHORSHIP

Who is suggested?

   ·      Paul

   ·      Barnabas

   ·      Apollos

   ·      Priscilla and Aquilla

   ·      Luke

   ·      Clement of Rome

   ·      Peter

   ·      Origen said the thoughts were Paul’s, but not the words. His conclusion was that God alone knew for certain.

Why NOT Paul?

   ·      Hebrews 2 (STEDMAN “…verse 3 suggests that the writer of Hebrews did not personally hear the good news from the lips of Jesus, he says it was confirmed to us by those who heard him.”)

   ·      Translation of the Greek OT

   ·      Written to Jews only.

   ·      Written after he died.

   ·      Not accepted as cannon originally.

Why a contemporary of Paul?

   ·      Some similar themes (though many new).

   ·      A similar closing.

   ·      Continues the thought of the previous epistles and was originally put into the cannon as part of Paul’s epistles.

Adam’s best guess: SILAS

·      A leading member of the church at Jerusalem.

·      Roman citizen.

·      Clearly a preacher (Acts 15).

·      Clearly a partner in Paul’s gospel (Acts 15-18).

·      Clearly a friend of Timothy (Acts 16:1, 17:15, 18:5).

·      Clearly an author with Paul & Timothy (2Corinthians 1:19, I & II Thessalonians).

·      Clearly an author with Peter (Acts 15, 1Peter 5)… who wrote to the Jews.

What are other sources saying?

   ·       (WW 19) These people were second-generation believers, having been won to Christ by those who had known Jesus Christ during His ministry on earth (2:3). They were true believers (3:1) and not mere professors. They had been persecuted because of their faith (10:32-34,12:4, 13:13-14), and yet had faithfully ministered to the needs of others who had suffered (6:10). But they were being seduced by teachers of false doctrine (13:9), and they were in danger of forgetting the true Word that their first leaders, now dead, had taught them (13:7). The tragic thing about these believers is that they were at a standstill spiritually and in danger of going backward (5:12ff). Some of them had even forsaken their regular worship services (10:25) and were not making spiritual progress (6:1). In the Christian life, if you do not go forward, you go backward; there is no permanent standing still.

   ·      The answers to their persecution was the revelation of Jesus!

   ·      (Stedman 19-20) …some have viewed Hebrews as a formal address, perhaps even a sermon. This idea finds support in 13:22, “my word of exhortation.” …The author intends to present a series of arguments for the superiority of Jesus over all rival claims to allegiance, which his readers were feeling, and hearing.

   ·      Its called brief, but you can tell there is even more to Jesus.

   ·      (NT Wright) The letter to the Hebrews is one of the most bracing and challenging writings in the NT. People often find it a bit difficult, because it uses ideas that are strange to us. But, like meeting a new friend, we will get to know that it is full of interest and delight, with a powerful message that comes home to today’s and tomorrow’s church as much as it did to yesterday’s.

   ·      Hebrews is only hard or strange if your eyes come off of the cross… off of the Word… off of Jesus!

   ·      (Mirror 206-209) It may not be Paul, but it is Paul’s message: the revelation of our restored innocence based on the finished work of the cross.

o   Sabbath is now a place of God’s unhindered enjoyment of man and man’s unhindered enjoyment of God.

o   The moment we cease from our own efforts to justify ourselves by yielding to the integrity of the message that announces the success of the cross, God’s word is triggered into action.

o   The gospel is the revelation of the righteousness of God; it declares how God succeeded to put mankind right with Him. Christ now defines our original design and our restored innocence. We find our identity and our destiny there.

o   Jesus gives definition to God’s eternal love-dream of our unhindered union with Him, forever free from the obstructive consciousness of sin.

Hebrews is a book of resting in how good Jesus is.

It’s a book of resting in how good we’ve got it now, because of jesus’ work.

The revelation of Jesus is ongoing.

The Father is infinite.

Jesus is the revealed Father.

The Spirit shows us Jesus (guides us into all truth).

I believe we will learn something new every time we are together!

Outline of Hebrews Class

THE REVELATION OF JESUS: He’s better than anything!

Jesus is The Word of Power (1:3).

• ·      Jesus is better than the prophets. (1:1-4)
• ·      Jesus is better than the angels. (1:4-2:18)
• ·      Jesus is better than Moses. (3:1-3:19)
• ·      Jesus is better than Joshua. (4:1-13)
• ·      Jesus is better than Aaron. (4:14-5:10)

Jesus is The Word of Righteousness (5:11-6:12).

• ·      Jesus is a better promise. (6:13-20)
• ·      Jesus is a better priest. (7:1-28)
• ·      Jesus is a better covenant. (8:1-13)
• ·      Jesus is a better tabernacle (9:1-28)
• ·      Jesus is a better sacrifice. (10:1-18)

Jesus is The Word of Faith (10:19-11:3)

• ·      He shows us a better reward. (11:1-40)
• ·      He shows us a better kingdom. (12:1-28)
• ·      He shows us a better way to live. (13:1-25)

BIBLIOGRAPHY

·      Bauer, Walter with Arndt & Gingrich. A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (The University of Chicago Press 1979).

·      Douglas, Bruce, Packer, Hillyer, Guthrie, Millard, & Wiseman. New Bible Dictionary (Inter Varsity Press 1962).

·      Du Toit, Fancios. The Mirror Bible (Francois du Toit 2012).

·      ESV. The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (Crossway 2001).

·      Hewitt, Thomas. The Epistle to the Hebrews: An introduction and commentary (The Tyndale Press 1960).

·      Keener, Craig S. The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament (Inter Varsity Press 1993).

·      Peterson, Eugene H. The Message: The New Testament in Contemporary Language (NavPress 1993).

·      Rogers Jr. & Rogers III. The New Linguistic and Exegetical Key to the Greek New Testament (Zondervan Publishing House 1998).

·      Stedman, Ray C. Hebrews: The IVP New Testament Commentary (Inter Varsity Press 1992).

·      Wiersbe, Warren W. Be Confident: Live By Faith, Not By Sight.(Victor Books 1982).

·      Wright, N.T. Hebrews for Everyone (Westminster John Knox Press 2003).

·      Wright, N.T. Hebrews: 13 Studies for Individuals and Groups (Inter Varsity Press 2010).