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The Song of Saints on Higher Ground

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1 The Song of Saints on Higher Ground
What is the church and do I need it?

2 The Importance of Encouraging One Another
The church is God’s establishment for Christian fellowship and mutual encouragement What the church does: Romans 14.9; 15.1–5 Philippians 2.1–10 1 Corinthians 14.1–4, 12, 17, 26, 31 Ephesians 2.19–22; 4.11–16 1 Thessalonians 5.11 Acts 2.42

3 The Importance of Encouraging One Another
Hebrews and Its Context The larger context of Hebrews An exhortation concerned with the salvation of Christians The immediate context of chapter 10 Ensuring that no one shrinks back to destruction Hebrews and Grammar A participle is not a command The command of Hebrews 10 is to consider one another Assembly or Assembling? Should our assembling be confined to the assembly?

4 The Real Song of Saints Entrance into the Heavenly Kingdom (Matt 16.18) Not that the church is safe from Hades, but that Hades is not safe from the church Hades will fall to the church Two parts The King (Heb 2.14; 1 Cor 15.54–57) The Kingdom (1 Cor 15.20–24, 51–54) A Glimpse of the Second Garden (Rev 22.1–5)


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