North Houston Baptist Church

This sermon continues to explore the glorious promises of the New Covenant which highlight how it is far surpass to the old covenant. In part one, we delved into the significance of the law being written on the heart and the promise that He would be their God and they would be His people. In this second part, we turn our attention to two more promises found in Hebrews 8:11-12, which further demonstrates its superiority.

Under the Old Covenant, God's people were given His law and were blessed with the privilege of being His chosen people, though this relationship was conditional. However, the New Covenant is far superior in that is is established on better promises. The New Covenant accomplishes what the Old failed to bring about because the New Covenant gives what it requires. This sermon is part 1 of 2.

Christ's ministry surpasses that of all preceding priests, and one key reason lies in the connection between His ministry and the covenant He mediates. This sermon provides an introductory overview of the new covenant's superiority over the old, a theme that will be explored more deeply in the weeks to come.

Having considered the person and character of Jesus Christ as our great high priest, the author of Hebrews states the main point of the past few chapters: that Christ is not yet another shadow of the things to come, but the very reality to which all that had come before him pointed. In this sermon, two typological aspects are considered: Christ's place of ministry and the nature of his offering.

The Scriptures reveal that all of mankind are enemies of God and deserving of his judgment. Therefore, for any person to have any kind of hope for salvation, they need someone to intercede on their behalf before God. In this sermon, four reasons are provided for why Jesus is the only kind of priest who could have accomplished this.

Under the Old Covenant, the high priests had the life-limited responsibility of going behind the veil in order to intercede in behalf of the people before God. However, Jesus's priesthood is unlike the Aaronic priesthood in that it never ceases. In this sermon, we consider the ramifications of Christ having an intercession without end.

In this sermon, we continue our exposition through the book of Hebrews and see how the author demonstrates the beauty and importance of every single word of God in emphasizing the Son's priesthood. And by it, we consider three implications of that sworn oath of God concerning the priesthood of His son and the confidence we can have in the promises of God because of his forever priesthood.

Sometimes, Christians can get the mistaken idea that "godliness" is for some life other than the one we're living now -- that it is merely a preparation for a life in the world to come. Paul admonishes believers to remember that godliness is profitable in all things. We are encouraged to think and live godly lives in everything we do right now.

In the last few verses of this magnificent book, the Lord soberingly reveals the future judgment of eternal fire that awaits unbelieving sinners. But He also reveals the eternal glory that belongs to all true children of God. How we respond to Christ determines which future will be ours.

This sermon is an encouragement to God's people to persevere in doing the good that God has commanded.

Religious conformity without contrition & the obedience of faith only extends a person's guilt. This sermon is a grave warning against hypocritical religion.

Isaiah foresees a glorious future for God's people and God's world, with no more weeping, no more death, and no more curse.

This talk examines three New Testament passages which are sometimes seen to argue against a New Testament Sabbath.

This sermon continues a theme that was begun in the end of Isaiah 63. Here we have one of the most powerful prayers for revival in the Scripture. God's people may echo this prayer and wait upon the Lord until He rends the heavens and comes down with blessing.

Isaiah 63 records one of the most powerful prayers for revival recorded in the Scriptures. Listening to this sermon, God's people may learn to confess their sins and plead with the Lord to grant restoration and renewal. This sermon is part one of a two-part section.

There are times in the history of the world and of our lives when it feels like God is absent. Perhaps we're grieved by the evil around us and wonder where His justice is. Or perhaps we've experienced His mighty grace in our lives in the past, but cannot feel his help at present. In this text, believers learn to cry out for the Lord in prayerful longing, until He once again shows His mighty arm.

In this passage, God's "watchmen" are instructed to persistently plead with God for the outworking of all His purposes.

This is the fifth sermon in a series on the Sabbath and the Lord's Day. It examines five ways in which the New Testament explicitly sets the Lord's Day apart from ordinary days.

Jesus the Messiah intercedes without ceasing for the fulfillment of all of God's purposes for His people.

This is the fourth sermon in a series on the Sabbath and the Lord's Day. This is part 2 of a sermon on the Sabbath and its Lord.