Summit Church Garden City

Hebrews - Warning Against Hardening Our Hearts - Pastor Shane

1. Believe God “Today”

2. Hold Firm Until The End

3. Learn From The Failure Of Others

Hebrews - Jesus: Greater Than Moses - Pastor Ovi

1. Consider Jesus - Our Greater Calling

- slow down your mind

- shift your focus

2. Jesus is Greater Than Moses- The Faithful Son

- don't settle for the shadow

- hold fast to hope

3. Hold Fast - Because You Belong to the House

- keep showing up

- boast in hope

 

Hebrews - Jesus: Fully Human, Our Merciful High Priest - Pastor Ovi

1. Jesus Restores What Adam Lost

- Let Jesus define who you’re becoming

- Live like a child of God, not an orphan

2. Jesus Died to Destroy Death

- Remember who went first

- Replace fear with faith

3. Jesus Became Like Us to Help Us

- Run to Him, not from Him

- Remember: you have a High Priest, not a judge

 

Summary:

"The Son of God became the Son of Man, so that the sons
and daughters of men might become sons and daughters of
God"

Hebrews - Don't neglect this Salvation - Pastor Ovi

1. Don’t drift

- anchor yourself daily in God’s Word
- stay tied to God’s people
- keep the cross in view

2. The seriousness of God’s Word

- treasure the Gospel daily
- act on what you hear

3. The greatness of our salvation

- declared by the Lord Himself
- confirmed by eyewitnesses
- validated by God’s power
- witness of the Spirit’s gifts

- use your gifts boldly

Hebrews - Jesus: Greater Than Angels - Pastor Shane

1. Jesus: the Eternal Creator
2. Angels: Mediators, Servants, and Usurpers
3. Jesus: the Messianic Son and Firstborn Inheritor

Hebrews - Jesus: The final Word - Pastor Ovi

1. God has spoken

- slow down
- ask questions
- respond in prayer

2. The final Word - Jesus

- stop looking for a backup plan
- run everything through Him
- let Him have the last word

3. Who is this Son

-worship Him
- trust Him
- rest in His finished work

4. Better than angels

- do a throne check
- reorder your loves

Mid-Year Reflection - Pastor Ovi

1. Help me see more of You than ever before

(More of Him)

2. Reveal to me just how little I know of You

(Less of me)

Whose sin are you focused on?

Who is the first to be served?

3. Make what I do know more alive in my life

(More like Him)

Galatians - Grace never ends - Pastor Ovi

1. Don’t boast in religion

- Check where you find your worth
- Recognize the temptation to downplay the cross so people won’t think less of you
- Stop comparing yourself to others spiritually
- Ask yourself: what do I talk about most?

2. Boast in the cross

- Shift your identity from what you do to what Christ has done
- Stop living like you’re still chained
- Start walking in Spirit-empowered obedience

3. God isn’t after religion, He’s after a new creation

- Check what you’re offering to God
- Expect transformation not modification

4. Peace, mercy, the marks of Christ, and grace

Galatians - Ways to cultivate spirit filled community - Pastor Ovi

1. Restore the fallen with gentleness

- We need to be reminded that the church is not a museum for perfect people
- We cannot ignore sin
- We need gentleness
- We need to be reminded that the work of restoration is gospel work

2. Carry the weight – don’t let people be crushed alone

- Look around, not just within
- Step in even when it’s messy
- Be willing to be carried

3. Keep sowing even when it feels slow

- Watch what you plant
- Keep sowing even when it feels small
- Trust God

Galatians - The flesh vs the Spirit - Shane Rife

The Spirit Brings Victory Over The Flesh Because:

1. Christ Has Set us Free From The Law
2. The Spirit Provides Us With A New Reality
3. The Spirit Leads Us Away From Sin