KEY IDEAS
Christ is a superior revealer of God; a superior redeemer of humans, who offered a superior sacrifice on the cross; a superior High Priest, who enacted a superior covenant; and a superior object of faith. Let us therefore resolve to never fall away from Him in the face of trials, but rather endure in our faith.
Christ is a superior revealer of God; a superior redeemer of humans, who offered a superior sacrifice on the cross; a superior High Priest, who enacted a superior covenant; and a superior object of faith. Let us therefore resolve to never fall away from Him in the face of trials, but rather endure in our faith.
- If you want to know what God is like, then look at Jesus.
- Because Jesus is supreme over all things in the universe, He must also take the supreme place in your heart and life.
- Never take God’s grace-gift of salvation lightly, for Christ paid the ultimate price at the cross for this gift.
- Unbelief, sin, and a hardened heart can rob you of spiritual rest.
- Jesus is your faithful High Priest, ready to meet your every need.
- Don’t allow tough circumstances to cause you to spiritually stagnate. Keep moving on to spiritual maturity in Jesus Christ.
- Your salvation is rock-solid secure because God’s promises are trustworthy and Christ is our eternal King-Priest.
- The new covenant enacted by and through Jesus Christ enables God to actually forget your sins. This makes possible a genuine and intimate personal relationship with God.
- Jesus’s once-for-all sacrifice took care of your sin forever. Jesus has done it all. Good-bye legalism!
- We can now confidently draw near to God, our sin problem having been forever eradicated through Jesus.
- A strong faith—involving a strong assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen—will help you endure through trials.
- Run the Christian race that is set before you, always keeping your eyes on Jesus.
- We all die once—and then face the judgment.
- Let your faith in God show itself in the way you live.
- God loves you too much to allow you to remain in unrepentant sin.