Benjamin Murphy
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Benjamin Murphy
Sermon Series Highlights
Sermon Series Highlights

Why Jesus

Why Jesus? Because Once for All: We are Perfected

Introduction:

Why Didn't the Old Covenant Take Away Guilt? (Hebrews 10:1-4):

  1. It wasn't Designed to. (Heb 10:1)
  2. It Reminded you that you ARE Guilty. (Heb 10:2-4)

Once For All: Jesus Takes Away Your Guilt (Hebrews 10:1-18):

  1. Once for all: You are Sanctified . (Heb 10:10)
  2. Once for all: Your Sin is gone. (Heb 10:11-13)
  3. Once for all: You are Secure . (Heb 10:14)
  4. Once for all: You are Settled . (Heb 10:15-18)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Hebrews 10:1-18

  1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?

  2. Why did God ordain the Old Covenant if it couldn’t really take away sin? Why would God allow it to be a constant reminder of sin?

  3. What does it mean to be “sanctified”? How is sanctification both a condition and a process?

  4. Why do you think many Christians struggle with the idea of “once for all” we are saved, sanctified, and secure?

Breakout
Pray for one another.

Why Jesus? Because Once for All: Sin is Put Away

Introduction:

It Was Necessary... (Hebrews 9:15-28):

  1. For Jesus to Shed His Blood for My Forgiveness . (Heb 9:15-22)
  2. For Jesus to Die Only Once as My Substitute . (Heb 9:23-28)

    2 Corinthians 5:21 - For our sake He (God the Father) made Him (Jesus) to be sin who knew no sin, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

    1 Corinthians 1:18 - For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

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Small Group Discussion
Read Hebrews 9:15-28

  1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?

  2. Why was it necessary for Jesus to die on the cross? Couldn’t have God the Father saved/forgiven us in any other way?

  3. How should the message of the cross change how I view my own sanctification process and battle with sin?

Breakout
Pray for one another.

Why Jesus? Because Once for All, Our Conscience is Clean

Introduction:

Why the Old Covenant? (Hebrews 9:1-14):

  1. How the Old Covenant Worked : (Heb 9:1-7)
  2. What the Old Covenant Did Do :
  3. What the Old Covenant Didn't Do . (Heb 9:8-10)

    Conscience: inner feeling that acts as a guide to the rightness or wrongness of one's behavior

  4. How Jesus Did Do what the Old Covenant Couldn't Do. (Heb 9:11-14)

    Revelation 12:11 - And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death.

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Small Group Discussion
Read Hebrews 9:1-14

  1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?

  2. Why do you think the Hebrew writer turned his focus to the tabernacle? What was the purpose of walking through this?

  3. In what ways does the tabernacle picture Jesus Christ?

  4. Do you sometimes struggle with a guilty conscience? Why?

  5. What does this passage say about feeling guilty over “am I doing the right works to make God happy”?

  6. How does the blood of Christ “purify our conscience” (v14)? How should this change the way we serve Christ? The way we give?

Breakout
Pray for one another.

Why Jesus? Because God Will Remember Our Sins No More.

Introduction:

Psalm 110:4 - The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, “You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.”

Why Jesus is the Superior Priest? (Hebrews 8:1-13):

  1. Jesus made the final Sacrifice . (Heb 8:1-2)
  2. Jesus offers our Gifts to the Father. (Heb 8:3-5)
  3. Jesus delivers better Promises . (Heb 8:6-13)

5 Better Promises Jesus Delivers in the New Covenant (Hebrews 8:8-12):

  1. It's a New covenant. (Heb 8:8)
  2. The new covenant is not Conditional . (Heb 8:9)
  3. The new covenant is Internal . (Heb 8:10a)
  4. The new covenant is Personal . (Heb 8:10b-11)
  5. The new covenant gives total Forgiveness . (Heb 8:12)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Hebrews 8:1-13

  1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?

  2. How would you respond to someone who says “We don’t need to obey the 10 Commandments! We are not under the Law because of Jesus!”?

  3. Why do you think many Christians struggle to believe that “God will remember our sins no more” (Heb 8:12)? Why should we have confidence this is true (based on what Jesus did/does as described in this passage)?

  4. Heb 8:13 says the New Covenant makes the Old Covenant obsolete. What, exactly, is obsolete from the Old Covenant?

Breakout
Pray for one another.

Why Jesus? Because He is Praying for You

Introduction:

Psalm 110:4 - The LORD has sworn and will not change his mind, "“"You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."

Why Are You Able to Draw Near to God Through Jesus? (Hebrews 7:11-28):

  1. Because you have the right Priest . (Heb 7:11-19)
  2. Because you have God's Oath . (Heb 7:20-22)
  3. Because you have Jesus making Intercession for you. (Heb 7:23-25)
  4. Because all the Work is done. (Heb 7:26-28)

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Small Group Discussion
Read Hebrews 7:11-28

  1. What was your big take-away from this passage / message?

  2. What exactly does it mean to “draw near to God” (Heb 7:19, 25)? Why wasn’t this possible under the Mosaic (Old) Covenant? How does Jesus make this a reality?

  3. Jesus always lives to make intercession (Heb 7:25). Explain, in your own words, what that means.

Breakout
Pray for one another.