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Focus: God's created us for relationship with him, and He loved us enough to take the time, effort, and pain to make a relationship with Him possible. Hebrews 9 I. An Elaborate ILLUSTRATION . A. The tabernacle sacrifices were COPIES that worked through ANTICIPATORY faith. B. The New Covenant works through faith in the REAL, OUT OF THIS WORLD Sacrifice. II. Why Access without SACRIFICE is impossible. A. The SCALE of heaven. B. Why we wouldn't want it any other way III. Next on His Agenda: A. JUDGMENT ! B. HIS RETURN . C. SALVATION COMPLETE !

l. God Wants A Hearted. God Knows the Condition of Our Heart People can only Guess ll. What is Your Heart Condition? Matthew 13 The Parable of the Sower 13:1-15pp—Mk 4:1-12; Lk 8:4-10 13:16, 17pp—Lk 10:23, 24 13:18-23pp—Mk 4:13-20; Lk 8:11-15 [13:1] That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the lake. [2] Such large crowds gathered around him that he got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people stood on the shore. [3] Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. [4] As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. [5] Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. [6] But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. [7] Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. [8] Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hun...

Focus: The whole Old Covenant system, it's tabernacle, priests,and sacrifices, was a temporary training model foreshadowing the real thing. Hebrews 8 I. The main POINT of Hebrews A. We DO have a HIGH PRIEST B. Who serves in the TRUE TABERNACLE C. And who MEDIATES a BETTER COVENANT II. So, why go BACK to what is OBSOLETE? III. The New Covenant is BETTER A. It works from the INSIDE OUT B. It is based on RELATIONSHIP not RELIGION or RITUAL C. It gives us a CLEAN SLATE

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Laugh N Learn" < laughnlearn@vvchristianchurch.net > Date: Jan 18, 2010 10:15 AM Subject: Laugh N Learn Message To: < luffman@mac.com > (Mailing list information, including unsubscription instructions, is located at the end of this message.) LAUGH 'N LEARN An Encouragement Ministry of Verde Valley Christian Church Of Cottonwood Arizona http://www.vvchristianchurch.net/ Issue # 359    January 18,  2010 LAUGH Late For Football By the time Joe arrived at the football game, the first quarter was almost over. "Why are you so late?" his friend asked. "I had to toss a coin to decide between going to church and coming to the game." "How long could that have taken you?" "Well, I had to toss it 14 times." LEARN J im's Manuscript January 17, 2010 "The Best Deal On Earth, ...

Focus: Jesus is the guarantee that the New Covenant is the best deal on earth. I. The FOCUSED bottom line is 7:22   A. GENISIS 14 X PSALM 110 = HEBREWS 7   B.  The LOUD argument from SILENCE II. Jesus changed the PRIESTHOOD, the COVENANT, and the LAW III. Jesus is priest not on the basis of a REGULATION, but on the basis of his RESURRECTION!   A. The former regulation is  SET ASIDE   B.A better HOPE takes its place   C. GUARANTEED on OATH by God   D. That Jesus GUARANTEED a better COVENANT! He is Priest PERMANENTLY He saves COMPLETELY His prayer is ON GOING He meets our NEEDS His SACRIFICE was once for all And PERFECT for all