Walking Away
Dave Riddle - 5/5/2024
Key Passages: Hebrews 10:26-39
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Sundays at Calvary
Walking Away
Dave Riddle - 5/5/2024
Key Passages: Hebrews 10:26-39
Draw Near. Hold On. Consider Others.
Dave Riddle - 4/28/2024
Key Passages: Hebrews 10:19-25
Let us draw near…
- Hebrews 10:22
- With clean consciences and bodies
- Made right with God
- Displaying the righteousness of Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
- The inward change produces outward changes.
- You are righteous, now be righteous
- You are holy, now be holy
- Why? So that we can serve the living God
- Hebrews 9:13-14
- See also: Hebrews 4:13
Let us hold on…
- Hebrews 10:23
- Hold on to the confession of our faith.
- Hold fast
- Hebrews 4:14
- Without wavering (10:23)
- Not leaning.
- Unmoved.
- Why do we hold on? It’s the only thing that gives us hope.
Let us be consider one another…
- Hebrews 10:24
- Here it shifts from something we do for ourselves to something we do for others.
- Philippians 2:3-4
- Why? In order to provoke love and good works in each other.
- paroxysmos: to incite
- Essentially “incite a riot of love and good works”
What are we doing when we gather together?
- Hebrews 10:25
- Coming alongside one another
- Encouraging one another
- Laughing, crying, praying, sharing together
The Perfect Sacrifice
Dave Riddle - 3/17/2024
Key Passage: Hebrews 10:1-18
Our sacrifices can’t remove sin
Hebrews 10:1-8
Jesus is the perfect sacrifice
Hebrews 10:9-10
The work is finished!
Hebrews 10:11-14
Where there is forgiveness of sin there is no longer an offering…
Hebrews 10:-8
Fear Not!
Dave Riddle - 12/3/2023
Key Passage: Genesis 15:1
The Origin of Unhealthy Fear
- Genesis 3:10
- Sin > Shame > Fear > Hiding
Healthy Fear
- Icy roads, dangerous situations, etc
- Reverential awe for God
- Proverbs 9:10
- When this healthy fear is missing the result is not good.
- Romans 3:10-18
- Psalm 36:1
- Matthew 10:28
- Hebrews 10:31
Fear Not / Do Not Be Afraid
- First instance of this common phrase
- Genesis 15
- “I am your shield”
- Your protection. Your security
- God doesn’t want to leave us in a place of fear, shame, sin, and hiding.
- He wants to have a relationship of hope, joy, peace, and love with us.
- James 2:21-23
- Abraham: friend of God
- John 3:16-17
God’s Love Conquers Fear
- 1 John 4:10
- He loved us first. Not because we loved Him.
- 1 John 4:18
- There is no fear in love
- Perfect love drives out fear
- 2 Timothy 1:7
- God did not give us a spirit of fearfulness
- Revelation 2:10
- The last instance of “fear not”
- From Genesis to Revelation
There is nothing that can separate you from the love of God.
God is Faithful. Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow.
Dave Riddle - 1/29/2023
Key Passage: Deuteronomy 7:9
God is faithful. Are we?
Many words to describe one truth. God is Faithful.
āman (Hebrew: אָמַן) - to go to the right hand. To build up or support someone. To poster as a parent or nurse. Figuratively to be firm or faithful. Permanent. True.
Deuteronomy 7:9
ĕmeṯ (Hebrew: אֱמֶת) - stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness, faithful, right, sure, true.
Psalm 91:4
Psalm 108:4
ḥeseḏ (Hebrew: חֶסֶד) - goodness, kindness, faithfulness. Loving-kindness
Exodus 15:13
Psalm 108:4
Psalm 89:1
ĕmûnâ (Hebrew: אֱמוּנָה) - firmness, fidelity, steadfastness, steadiness
pistos (Greek: πιστός) - of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business, the execution of commands, or the discharge of official duties
1 Corinthians 1:9 - God is faithful…
Hebrews 3:1-6
Hebrews 10:23
2 Timothy 2:13
Our natural default setting is to be unfaithful
pistis (Greek: πίστις) - persuasion, credence, conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it. fidelity, faithfulness
Galatians 5:22 - faithfulness is a product of the Holy Sprit’s work in our lives.
How have you lived?
2 Timothy 4:7 - I have fought the good fight, finished the course, kept the faith.
House Rules
Dave Riddle - 9/18/2022
Key Passage: Ephesians 2:19
We are a family!
Ephesians 2:19
…members of God’s household
oikos (Greek: οἶκος) - an inhabited house, a physical dwelling place. Also, the inhabitants of a house, all the persons forming one family - a household.
Galatians 6:10
…do good to everyone, but especially to the family of God.
1 Timothy 3:15
God’s household=the church
1 Peter 2:4-5
A spiritual house
Hebrews 10:19-21
Jesus is the head of our family
Gospel of Jesus – Priority 1!
Romans 1:16
The gospel is the power of God that brings salvation!
1 Corinthians 9:16
Sharing the gospel is a necessity.
…Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel.
God’s Greatest Commands
Mark 12:29-31
Love God
Love People
God’s Great Commission
Matthew 28:19-20
Make disciples, baptize, teach.
Genuine Discipleship
Luke 9:23 - Follow me
Be on the same road
Galatians 2:20 - crucified with Christ
We no longer live, but Christ lives in us!
Targeted Spiritual Development
Luke 6:40
We should become more like Jesus
1 Timothy 1:5
The goal of our instruction is love.
The Word of God- Our Way of Life
2 Timothy 3:15-17
The Word changes us and equips us.
What’s your next step?
Phil Woodman - 9/11/22
Key Passage: Deuteronomy 6:4-9
The Shema Prayer
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Hear/Listen!
A fresh start
Where is your focus/commitment?
Joshua 24:14-15
How will you live?
Who will you serve?
What’s your next step?
Bible Reading
Romans 12:2
Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.
Set manageable goals
Pick a plan and finish it
Share it with someone
Find Connection
Hebrews 10:24
We weren’t made to walk alone
Join an ABF or Bible Study
Find a smaller group that will encourage and challenge.
Find a Place to Serve
1 Peter 4:10
Use the gifts you’ve been given to serve others!
Serve the church body
Serve our community
Discover your gift and use it
Share Your Faith
1 Corinthians 11:1
1 Peter 3:15
Do people know you’re a believer?
Share your story.
Ask Questions.
Why Did Jesus Leave?
07/03/2021 - Paul Trulock
Key Passage: Acts 1:6-11
Jesus has dominion over everything
Acts 2:34-35
A footstool, a doormat, walked all over…
Philippians 2:9-11
Every knee
The Real Thing - Our King and High Priest
Hebrews 7:20-25
You have a high priest sitting at the right hand of the father who intercedes for you.
Hebrews 7:26-27
Isaiah 53 - the messiah was innocent
Daniel - He will die a violent death
David - He will not see corruption
Romans 8:1 - There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ
Hebrews 7:28-8:2
The work is finished!
The work is perfected
Matthew 27 - God tore the veil to signify that WE can now enter into the presence of God.
What does it mean for us today?
Hebrews 10:19-25
Let us draw near to God
V. 22 With a sincere heart and full assurance of faith.
Hold fast to our Hope
V. 23 hold onto hope without wavering
Our hope is based upon a sure foundation.
Encourage one another
V. 24 spur one another on towards love and good deeds
1 Peter 2:9…
Be in community
V. 25 - do not neglect meeting together
We can’t think ONLY of our own sanctification.
Why did Jesus leave?
He entered the Holy of Holies , to be crowned as king and to present Himself as our perfect High Priest
The Impact of Hope
12/5/2021 - Dave Riddle
Psalm 42:11 - why are you overcome with despair? Hope in God!
We are the people of Hope.
Surrounded by despair, but not living in despair.
How is it that we can be legitimately hopeful?
God is.
He exists
Jeremiah 10
The worthlessness of idols compared to a true God. (10:10)
Jeremiah 10:16
God is here.
Matthew 1:23 - God is with us.
Hebrews 1:3a - Jesus is God in the flesh
Philippians 2:5-7
God is love.
1 John 4:8-9 - God is love.
John 3:16-17 - How much God loves us.
Titus 3:4-7 - what it means for us.
God is Salvation.
Roman 8:38-39 - there is nothing that can separate us from the love of God.
Hebrews 1:3 - God the Savior
God is King.
1 Thessalonians 4:13 - don’t live as those who have no hope
Ephesians 2:12 - We were… without Christ, without God, without hope. No longer!
1 Timothy 6:13-15 - Celebrating his first coming while awaiting his second coming!
God will make all things new!
Hebrews 10:23 - hold tightly, without wavering, to the hope we affirm…
How can we embrace hope today?
Receive this truth in faith
1 Peter 5:7
Reflect on how God is providing hope in your life
Psalm 9:1
Encourage another Jesus-follower you’ve seen exhibiting hope.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Share hope with someone in your missional context.
1 Peter 3:15
Why Celebrate?
Grad Sunday 6/6/21 - Phil Woodman
Why do we celebrate?
It’s a Natural Response
Luke 15
Celebrate finding what was lost
Celebrate the returned prodigal
God Tells us to
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with those who rejoice!
“Celebration is central to all the Spiritual Disciplines. Without a joyful spirit of festivity the disciplines become dull, death-breathing tools in the hands of modern Pharisees.”
Richard Foster - Celebration of the Disciplines
To Recognize God’s Work in our Lives
3 John 3-4
I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in truth
Philippians 1:3-6
Paul celebrates the work of God in the lives of these believers.
Milestones
Stones from the river
Nehemiah and the wall
Supportive community
We don’t celebrate alone.
Motivation to keep us going
Philippians 3:12 - I have not yet reached my goal.
Press on.
Hebrews 10:23-25