Dr. McKellar’s Lesson for November 10, 2024

All Because of Jesus

Hebrews 12:18-29

Series: Highlights in Hebrews

1. Context

• connection to the warning of 12:14-17
• no turning back: a contrast between two mountains

2. Reflect on the Terror of Sinai 18-21

• material indicators of God’s holy presence (Ex. 19:12-13)
• terrified response of the people and Moses

3. Recognize the Joy of Zion 22-24

• Zion: from booming threat to blessed assurance
• summary of its superiority: celebration, registration, authorization, completion, mediation, revelation (Num. 3:40-43)

4. Put the Truth to Work 25-29

• See to it: a warning based on a lesser/greater perspective (Hag. 2:6)
• Let us be grateful
• Let us offer worship (Rom. 12:1, Deut. 4:24)
• Since you are receiving a kingdom that can’t be shaken, express gratitude and offer worship to God.
• Encouragement from the saints (Heb. 11): “Give us the wings of faith to rise within the veil, and see the saints above, how great their joys, how bright their glories be. We ask them whence their victory came: they, with united breath, ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, their triumph to his death. They marked the footsteps that he trod, his zeal inspired their breast, and, following their incarnate God, possess the promised rest.” (Watts, “Give Us the Wings of Faith”)