Sermon: The Preservation of the Perseverant

Rev. Mike Werkheiser
Outline:

1. The Honor of Being the Church: A People Preserved for God’s Residence (Hebrews 3:1-6)
2. The Onus of Being the Church: A People Persevering for God’s Rest (Hebrews 3:7-19)

Quotes

Testings reveal the state of our hearts – a crisis neither makes nor mars a man, but it does manifest him.  While all is smooth sailing we appear to be getting along nicely.  But are we?  Are our minds stayed upon the Lord, or are we, instead, complacently resting in His temporal mercies?  When the storm breaks, it is not so much that we fail under it, as that our habitual lack of leaning upon God, of daily walking in dependency upon Him, is made evident. —A.W. Pink
As by nature we are prone to fall into evil, we have need of various helps to help us in the fear of God.  Unless our faith is repeatedly encouraged, it lies dormant; unless it is warmed, it grows cold; unless it is aroused, it gets numb.  [The writer of Hebrews] therefore wishes them to stimulate one another by mutual encouragement, so that Satan will not steal into their hearts and by his falsehoods lead them away from God. —John Calvin