WHO DO YOU FOLLOW? HEBREWS 13:7-16
NEED FOR MODELS 13:7-8. CHECK OUT THOSE WHO INFLUENCED YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY WHAT IS YOUR LASTING MEMORY? DID THEY FINISH THE RACE/JOURNEY FIRMLY CONFESSING “JESUS IS THE CHRIST”? IF SO, IMITATE THEIR FAITH THE FAITH THAT MAKES JESUS #1
JESUS, FOR ALL GENERATIONS JESUS WAS THE CHRIST FOR THOSE BEFORE US JESUS IS THE CHRIST FOR US JESUS WILL BE THE CHRIST FOR THOSE COMING AFTER US
THE OLD AND THE NEW 13:9-14 JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY ARE THEY COMPATIBLE? CAN WE PRACTISE BOTH? IS ONE AN EXTENTION OF THE OTHER?
THE OLD - JUDAISM CENTERS AROUND A TEMPLE, A BUILDING CEREMONIES, SACRIFICES, EATING ALL EXTERNAL BODIES OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SACRIFICE BURNED OUTSIDE THE CAMP. THE ONE WHO BURNED THE CARCASS WAS RENDERED UNCLEAN LEVITICUS 16:28
THE NEW - CHRISTIANITY CENTERS AROUND A PERSON [JESUS CHRIST] HEART – INTERNAL JESUS WAS CRUCIFIED OUTSIDE THE CITY/TEMPLE THOSE WHO ASSOCIATE WITH HIM ARE UNCLEAN OLD AND NEW – MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE
NEW SACRIFICES 13:15-16 SACRIFICE OF PRAISE CONFESS HIS NAME – “GOD IS THE GOD AND FATHER OF OUR LORD JEUS CHRIST” “JESUS IS THE CHRIST” SACRIFICE OF SHARING