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Big idea: Consecration is an exciting thing to do because you're getting yourselves ready for a new work of God.

Big idea: Christ empowers us to live the life He calls us to live. The author’s final exhortations are different callings made to followers of Christ. Apart from Christ, these things would be difficult. But because of Him, we are fully grounded to press on, move forward and know that we will see Him face to face.

Big idea: Christ is the foundation of our faith. We live by faith and not by sight. So many of the heroes of faith did not see what was promised, yet they persevered. Through Christ we have the ability to persevere with the greater hope that we will see what He promised—whether it’s on this side of eternity or with Him.

Big idea: Christ fully committed for us, so we can fully commit to Him, through Him. We have the ability to persevere because Christ persevered all the way to death and resurrected. Perseverance and surrender are the way of the Messiah, and the path He paved for us. It is a challenging road, but one that has eternal impact.

Big idea: Christ’s blood made the way once and for all. The shedding of blood was necessary for the forgiveness of sins—hence the sacrifices of the Old Testament. Through Jesus’s blood, we are fully cleansed and fully covered to enter God’s house—not an earthly tabernacle, but His direct Presence here on earth, and eventually enter our Heavenly home.

Big idea: Because of Jesus, we have access to the new covenant. As we learned in previous weeks, Jesus became our high priest, and in God’s faithfulness to His own word for His people, all who accept Christ now fall under the promise of the new covenant. Jesus has come to make all things new.

Big idea: Because God is fully faithful, we can be fully anchored on Christ. What are we anchored on? Anything that is not Christ will cause us to shift and sway at life’s happenings. But if we are anchored on Christ, we will see that we are anchored on ancient promises that stand the test of time. He is fully faithful, and therefore we can be fully anchored.

Big idea: Jesus is our High Priest because only He is fully holy.Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant. Fulfilling the requirements of every priest that ever existed, Jesus became the high priest (the one who offers the sacrifice), the altar (where the sacrifice is made), and the sacrifice (the actual offering) once and for all, for us. Because of this, we have freedom to approach God’s throne. Because of His holiness, we can be made holy.

Big idea: Christ is our sabbath. One of the laws broken time after time by God’s people was the sabbath. People did not rest as God commanded them and that led to a whole series of problems. We live in a world where we are applauded for working “part-time, full-time and all-the-time,” and we too, break God’s command of keeping the sabbath holy. Christ is our true rest because of the work He accomplished on the cross; what would a life of practicing true rest look like?

Big idea: In Christ we have a calling to persevere against unbelief. Throughout Israel’s history, the repetitive behavioral pattern of chasing after other gods and forgetting the promises of God is a prominent theme. Through Christ, our hearts of stone can become ones of flesh; being in communion with Him and community with others to press against the hardening of heart and unbelief.

Big idea: Christ was fully man and fully God. Because the very Son of God became a little less than the angels for a little while—God then exalted Him to the highest place. Because of the hypostatic union (fully God, fully man) we have a Messiah who relates to us in every way, yet while remaining sinless paved the path to our freedom.

Big idea: Christ is fully superior to all things. God exalted his Son to the highest place—over angels and all created things, so that in Him He might become preeminent—the firstborn of creation. With this title, we have an unshakeable confidence that in Christ we have God’s direct word. His direct revelation. And with that, we have all we need.

Big idea: In Christ, all things are fully filled. Introduce the series; objectives, and “start backwards.” Everything is fully filled in Christ. The benediction states that it is God who makes all things whole, through Jesus who is our Great Shepherd—the Lord is our Shepherd, therefore we lack nothing. All glory to Jesus forever and always, oh YES!

God has called every believer into his service, and he has uniquely blessed us with spiritual gifts to serve. You will hear from Charlene Friedman, the Director of the Deacon Caring Ministry, who will encourage all to use their spiritual gifts in service to the kingdom of God.

On this Pentecost Sunday, we will see how Psalm 110, a passage quoted by Peter in Acts 2 after being empowered and filled by the Holy Spirit, introduces the gift of the Holy Spirit as an extension of the ascencion.

Times of trial are not pleasant, but we have this blessed assurance in Jesus that all will be restored and made new. We can confidently proclaim, "The Lord has Done Great Things!"

Psalm 34:1-22

Psalm 16:1-11

Psalm 40:1-5, 11-13

"Jesus was resurrected from the dead. The women went to the tomb early on the first day of the week. They were met by a young man dressed in a white robe. He said, ""Don't be alarmed... He has risen! He is not here"" This resurrection news was mind-blowing and cause the women to tremble because they were afraid."