HEBREWS 6 - BE REMINDED

BE REMINDED

Hebrews 6 gives us six reminders.

Reminder 1 (vv 1-3). Enough of the basic teachings -  the elementary principles of Christ. We all know about the repentance, salvation, baptism, laying of hands, resurrection and eternal judgment; we could recite them in our sleep. So move on, learn more, learn deeper, learn bigger about Christ. There are many things waiting for us if we seek Him more. Let us all grow and be mature in Christ.

Reminder 2 (vv 4-6). Beware and be alarmed of drifting away. If you feel that you are going away from your relationship with Christ, go back immediately. Be reminded of how great, how faithful, how merciful, how generous and how loving our Father is. Go back to the times when you have encountered Christ, when you feel so blessed, so love and the time you have received the Holy Spirit, the time when you were used to bless others, to heal others, when the power of our Lord manifest in you. Stop sinning! Go back to Jesus!

Reminder 3 (vv 7-8). Be productive! Produce good fruits! Have the fruits of the holy spirit – love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control – let these be seen in you. Let these be an indicator that you are one with the Holy Spirit, as you have the character of Christ. Be fruitful or else you will be burned!

Reminder 4 (vv 9-12). Persevere. Do not be lazy. Join with the brethren, fellowship, work for the Lord, share the gospel, go to missions, serve with love and humility. Imitate Paul, imitate your Pastors who labor faithfully and patiently thus was able to receive God’s promises. 

Reminder 5 (vv 13-18). God is God. He never breaks His promises. That is His nature- He never lie. Take all his promises written in the Bible, do your part, do your best and surely He will give you the reward. In everything you do, give glory to His name.

Reminder 6 (vv 19-20). We have Jesus – our one and only high priest forever. Nothing to worry, He is Emmanuel -  Jesus is with us. He got your back!

Let us pray.

Papa God, 

Thank you for the revelation of Your word and for the conviction it brings.

I am sorry. I have too many shortcomings. Forgive me Father for not doing my best to serve you.

I am sorry that I am not intentionally giving my best to be productive in the church.

I am sorry, if I am lazy to pray. I am sorry that I am giving more time to check my phone than my Bible.

I am sorry if I am making excuses not to attend to church activities. I am sorry if I do not prioritize your work. I am sorry if I can be early at work and friends meeting but I am late for Sunday service and church activities. I am sorry Lord if I enjoy the world than the word. 

Forgive me Papa God.

Thank You for the forgiveness Lord.

Papa I am asking that you remind me always of Hebrews Chapter 6. 

May I intentionally learn more about Christ and be a mature Christian. 

Protect me from sinning Lord and help me not to be away from you. 

Make me cooperate with the Holy Spirit and all His character manifest in me. 

Make me persevere in doing what is right and may I glorify You always in everything I do. 

That I will imprint in my heart that You are my God, my savior, my all and all, my everything. 

That You are the way maker, the promise keeper, the miracle worker. 

That you are God and for You nothing is impossible. 

You have given Jesus the most precious gift I have ever received so I cannot ask for more. You are enough, your daily grace is enough for me. 

Give me steadfast faith that I can do all things for You, to serve you, to please You. 

Because You deserve my all. My labor is not enough to give you praise and thanks. You are worthy of my everything. 

I love You, my Lord, my God and my King. Amen.

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ELDER MAYEN

HEBREWS 5- BALANCED MEAL OF FAITH

 

HEBREWS 5-

Hebrews 5:12-14 [12] For you should already be professors instructing others by now; but instead, you need to be taught from the beginning the basics of God’s prophetic oracles! You’re like children still needing milk and not yet ready to digest solid food. [13] For every spiritual infant who lives on milk is not yet pierced by the revelation of righteousness. [14] But solid food is for the mature, whose spiritual senses perceive heavenly matters. And they have been adequately trained by what they’ve experienced to emerge with understanding of the difference between what is truly excellent and what is evil and harmful. BALANCED MEAL OF FAITH (GO, GROW, GLOW)

GO(action/mission)
-kumilos sa pananampalataya
-mag evangelize, mag mission, mag disciple
- GO food is a source of Energy- Jesus is our source of energy
- serve others

GROW(MATURITY/ GROWTH
-lumago sa karunungan at paggawa sa Diyos
- lumaking may laban, mag pakatibay sa ating pananampalataya
Mga pangunahing elemento/pundasyon kailangan para magtagumpay sa buhay Cristiano
- read the WORD OF GOD
- Pray like Jesus
- wag kaligtaan ang mga fellowship

GLOW (INFLUENCE)
Radiance of Jesus
- makita ang Pag-ibig ni Cristo sa atin, when they see us they see Jesus in us
- magkaroon tayo ng positibong impluwensya sa iba.
- Serve like Jesus served

WHY BALANCE MATTERS: 1. Nourishes spiritual growth 2. Provides strength and guidance 3. Helps navigate life's challenges 4. Reflects Christ's love to others

 HEBREWS 5-RHEMA(Sis, Nics, P. Czar and Bro John)

Hebrews 5 - A Call to Grow in Christ

 

Hebrews 5

A Call to Grow in Christ

¹¹ About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing  —Hebrews 5:11

Growing  in Christ means keeping our hearts soft and ready to listen. When we feel God’s Word becoming dull, it’s a signal to wake up, pay attention, and let Him speak again. Listening leads to learning, and learning leads to growing.

Many of us have been Christians for years. We all know Jesus saves, God loves, prayer is powerful. But Hebrews 5 reminds us that some believers were still stuck on “milk” when they should already be eating “solid food.”

This is not to discourage us, but to push us forward. God wants us to grow stronger, deeper, and more fruitful. He wants us to move from being learners to being teachers, from being carried to walking firmly, from being fed to feeding others.

We are truly blessed our church is already providing opportunities to grow. Through Bible studies, equipping, prayer meetings, daily devotion, evangelism, discipleship, and ministries, we are given many ways to strengthen our faith. What we need to do is simple but challenging —To obey what God wants us to do. Growth happens when we take part, commit, and practice daily obedience.

1. Why We Need to Grow

¹² For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food. —  Hebrews 5:12      

-God doesn’t want us to stay spiritual infants. He desires maturity so we can handle deeper truths and responsibilities.

-Growth isn’t just for ourselves, it equips us to guide others.

-Fellowship, equipping, service opportunities, and discipleship are God’s instruments to help us move forward.

-Growth isn’t automatic, it comes when we obey God’s Word and apply it in daily life.

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and forever! Amen. — 2 Peter 3:18

2. Signs of Staying Immature

13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.  —Hebrews 5:13

·       Milk means basics—only knowing simple truths, not ready for deeper teaching.

·       Unskilled in God’s Word—unable to live it out or guide others.

·       Still a child—weak, dependent, not mature enough to lead.

God is calling us to grow! Staying on milk keeps us powerless. But when we learn and obey His Word, we become strong, mature, and ready to serve.

Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming. — Ephesians 4:14

3. How to Grow in Christ

¹⁴ But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil. —        Hebrews 5:14

Growth requires daily practice and obedience.

-Read the Word daily for nourishment.

-Obey God’s Word in both small and big choices.

-Train your heart to choose what pleases God.

-Serve others with love and forgiveness.

“Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.” — James 1:22

When we grow in Christ, our lives begin to show fruit.

-We can discern right from wrong.

-We become stable and strong in faith.

-We can teach and guide others.

What we do:

-Don’t settle for baby faith. Move forward.

-Join daily devotion, equipping and all church activities.

-Practice obedience daily, even in small choices.

-Serve others with love and consistency.

Let’s reflect!

1. What areas of our faith feel like milk right now, and what steps can we take toward solid food?
2. Are we taking advantage of the equipping and activities our church offers?
3. How can we obey God daily and encourage others to grow in faith?

 

Let’s pray

Heavenly Father, Jesus and Holy Spirit,

Lord Jesus, thank You for saving us and giving us Your Word. Help us not to stay a child in faith, but to grow strong and mature. Teach us to listen, obey, and practice Your Word every day. Thank You for the church that gives us ways to grow and serve. Make us faithful, fruitful, and ready to serve others.

In Jesus’ name. Amen.

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PASTORA MAY

 

HEBREWS 4 - ENTERING GOD’S REST

 

ENTERING GOD’S REST

 HEBREWS 4 exhorts believers to enter God’s rest- a state of salvation, peace, and security in Christ- by faith, warning against the disobedience and unbelief that kept the Israelites from the Promise Land.

 ENTER GOD’S REST- with a PROMISE

 4 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it.

 The promise that still stands is the promise of salvation through Jesus Christ.

JESUS is the one who makes the promise of rest possible.

He says in Matthew 11:28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”

Through His death and resurrection, He opened the way for us to experience GOD’S TRUE REST-both now and forever.

God’s love is shown in that the promise of rest “still stands.” He didn’t close the door even after generations failed. He continues to invite people in. His heart is for us to find peace, joy, and life with Him.

 ENTER GOD’S REST- with FAITH as the Key

 ² For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed.

 Faith isn’t just believing that something is true-it’s trusting in it and acting on it. The Israelites heard God’s promises, but they didn’t mix that hearing with real trust, so they didn’t obey. Because of that, they missed out on what God had for them. The same warning applies to us today: hearing the gospel isn’t what saves a person. It must be received with a heart of faith that leads to obedience.

  ENTER GOD’S REST- with DILIGENCE

 ¹¹ Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.

 Yes, salvation is a free gift from God, and our response is important. We are not saved by works, but we are called to actively trust, obey, and persevere. Why? So “that no one will fall by following their [the Israelites’] example of disobedience”. Entering God’s rest is not passive. It requires that we keep believing, keep following, and keep resisting the pull of sin and unbelief.

When Jesus said, “It is finished” (John 19:30), He completed the work of salvation. We no longer have to strive to earn God’s favor. In Christ, we rest-not because we’ve done enough, but because He has.

 Questions for reflection:

1.  What does “God’s rest” mean to you personally?
2.  What does it mean for you to “make every effort to enter” God’s rest?

3. How does the example of the Israelites in the wilderness serve as a warning to you?
4. In what ways can you encourage others to stay strong in their walk with God?

 

To enter God’s rest is not to stop living faithfully but to stop striving as though everything depends on us. 

 God’s rest is a place where obedience flows, hope is our anchor, and peace becomes our posture – because God is already at work.

 Lord teach us to rest in what you have done, and to live diligently and faithfully from the rest in trust and hope. Amen.

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PASTORA PAULA

HEBREWS 3 - “DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS”

 

HEBREWS 3

“DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS”

¹² Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. ¹³ But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. ¹⁴ For we have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end. ¹⁵ As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”     -Hebrews 3:12-15

Have you experienced hardness of heart towards God? ..to a point of losing sensitivity to God’s voice?

-when He speaks, you would not listen.

-when He commands, you would not want to do/obey.

-when He gives advice, you seldom keep it.

-when He rebukes, you would not want to reflect on it.

-when He calls, you went missing to do other things.

-when He reveals things, you take it with little importance.

-when He tells you His will and what’s right and wrong, you still do your own ways.

 This is already sinning, a disobedience, a rebellion, stubbornness and irreverence towards God. For who is the One speaking, isn’t He the True Living God? He whom all creation submits to and worships and whom you’ve professed as your Lord and Savior and who indeed gives you spiritual and physical blessings in this life and in the life to come.

  ²³ For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.  -1Samuel 15:23a

¹⁰ Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart; they have not known my ways.’ ¹¹ As I swore in my wrath, ‘They shall not enter my rest.’”    -Hebrews 3:10-11

   

Sin deceives, tells lies to the heart that makes the heart hardened towards God,

-Sin says that God is not worth believing, untrustworthy that His promises will not come true and if it does it’s not worth the sacrifice of our comfort, time, resources, reputation etc, leading to an unbelieving heart

-Sin says that evil is more desirable than God’s promises, it promises temporary and deceitful form of happiness and gives reasons why not to obey/listen to God and tempts to prefer evil than good leading to an evil heart.

 ¹² Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. ¹³ But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.   -Hebrews 3:12-13

 As Christians let’s be vigilant against evil, unbelief and hardness of heart that led many believers to fall away, backslide and turn away from God. Let us exhort one another about what is true, that God is trustworthy, that evil things are not to be preferred even when temptations of sin, that the promises of God are better than the deceitful promises of sin. Let’s speak to one another of God’s word and of our personal testimonies about God in our lives so that we would encourage one another to hold fast, remain strong and be firm to the end as partakers in Christ Jesus.              

 Let it be that when God speaks, we listen to His voice and do our best to obey with trust, for all He says and ways are good, He gives strength and power in our weakness and gives victory for His will in our lives, in others and in His works that He has prepared for us to do. Let us not harden our hearts instead we be joyful for we are so blessed, able to hear from God.

 

¹⁵ As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”     -Hebrews 3:15

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PASTORA LODY

 

Hebrews 1 : HE MADE PURIFICATION OF SINS

 

Hebrews 1:3 NASB
And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
 "When He Had Made Purification of Sins"

§  Not we.

§  Not religion.

§  Not effort.

§  He.

It’s     Jesus…….

"When He Had Made Purification of Sins"

§  Sin is not just something we do —

• It is something that stains.

 

§  Because sin separates us from a holy God.
Isaiah 59:2“Your iniquities have separated you from your God.”

• Sin is not a small issue.

• It is a spiritual contamination.

THREE THINGS ABOUT SIN
1.     Sin is Rooted in Unbelief (Hebrews 3:17-19)
2.     There's Disobedience. (Romans 5:19)
3.     God Is Angry with Sin. (Hebrews 3:17-19)

-       He, and He alone was the Redeemer.

-       Jesus Christ is the revealer of God to man and Redeemer of man to God.

"When He Had Made Purification of Sins"

A.    It Was Personal

He did it Himself.

No angel could do it.

No prophet could do it.

No priest could permanently do it.

Only the Son of God.

 

B.     It Was Complete

The phrase is past tense.

“It is finished.” (John 19:30)

The debt is paid.

The stain is removed.

The sacrifice is sufficient.

Hebrews 1:3 NASB

And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

   Seated at the right hand of Majesty means:

ü Authority

ü Victory

ü Completion

 

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PASTOR LORENZ 

PHILEMON 1 - GRACE THAT RESTORES WHAT WAS BROKEN

 

GRACE THAT RESTORES WHAT WAS BROKEN

May mga relationship sa buhay natin na nasira Hindi dahil kulang sa effort, kundi dahil may nasirang tiwala.

May mga taong umalis na may iniwang sakit. At minsan , Kahit Christian na tayo, hindi pa rin natin alam kung pano haharapin ang ganitong klaseng sakit.

Ang Book of Philemon ay maikli- isang chapter lang -but it speaks loudly about grace, forgiveness and restoration.

Ang kwento ay tungkol kina Paul, Philemon at Onesimus.

Si Onesimus ay isang slave, tumakas, may pagkukulang,ay kasalanan.

Si Philemon naman ay nasaktan, may karapatan, may dahilan para maningil.

But somewhere along Onesimus’ journey he encountered Christ through Paul. 

Paul send Onesimus back —— not as property but as a brother - in - Christ.

Sabi ni Paul sa verse 15. 

“For perhaps he departed for a while for this purpose, that you might receive him forever, “

Hindi dine demand ni Paul ang forgiveness. Hindi Nya rin minamaliit ang sakit na na -feel ni Philemon. Sa halip inaapela niya ang pag ibig ng Diyos, hindi ang authority na meron cya.

Minsan ang mga paghihiwalay ay hindi aksidente. Hindi rin ibig sabihin na tama ang ginawa—— But God can redeem the space in between. 

May mga “for a while” moments ang buhay natin—-seasons of distance 

      Silence

      Unanswered questions

Pero pwedeng gamitin ng Diyos ang mga panahong iyon para baguhin ang ating puso, hindi lang ang sitwasyon.

Madaling sabihing. “I forgive you”

Pero ang tanong ng Philemon ay mas malalim.

—-Handa ka bang tanggapin ang taong nanakit sa yo bilang binago na ng Diyos?

Grace is not denial of pain. Grace is choosing restoration Kahit may cost.

Daily Application: 

May mga “Onesimus “ ba sa buhay mo- mga taong nagkamali pero malinaw ang transformation?

May pagkakataon bang tinatawag ka ng Diyos na piliin ang reconciliation over right? 

Kaya mo bang makita ang tao hindi base sa kanyang past, kundi sa gawa ng Diyos sa kanyang present?

Sometimes , the clearest evidence of the gospel is not in how well we speak about Jesus, but in how we love when it cost us something.

Ang Philemon ay paalala na ang tunay na Christianity ay hindi lang about personal salvation, kundi restored relationships.

The grace we received from Christ is the same grace we are called to extend ——-even when it’s hard —- even when it’s painful —- even when it’s inconvenient.

Because restored lives often begin with restored relationships 

Prayer 🙏 

Lord Jesus, thank you for the grace You have shown us in Christ.

Teach us to extend that same grace to others, even when it is hard.

Heal what is broken, soften our hearts and help us choose love over pride.

May your grace restore our relationships and reflect your gospel through our lives.

In Jesus name. Amen

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PASTORA SHERLY