God Is Better

Radiant Church’s worship director, Dan Webb, delivers a sermon from Hebrews 13:18-25. Dan shares why God is better than anything or anyone. Why the New Covenant is superior to the Old Covenant in all ways. Below, you can watch our whole service, or listen to the sermon audio, and access the sermon notes.

To listen to last week’s message on Hebrews 13:7-19, you can access the audio or video here.

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Sermon Notes

The final verses of Hebrews include:

1. A plea for prayer (vs. 18, 19)
2. A plea for God’s Glory (vs. 20, 21)
3. A fitting farewell (vs. 22-25)Prayer is people talking to God.

Prayer is talking to God. Many of us start to pray because we understand God answers prayer. However, we must pray continually because the power comes when we continue to pray. There is a reason for our prayers–to see God’s glory and faithfulness.

We want to see God’s glory. All that we do and say is so that God’s glory can cover the Earth. He has given us peace by giving us himself, through Jesus, our Great Shepherd. So that he could establish a perfect covenant by Jesus’s blood so that we can be equipped for righteousness in all thing. To the glory of God forever and ever. The writer of Hebrews does not eliminate the Old Covenant, but tells us why the New Covenant is superior to the Old Covenant in all ways.

Remain faithful. The writer encourages the Church by reminding them of the faithfulness of others and how the Gospel is spreading.

Hebrews 13:18-25

¹⁸ Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things. ¹⁹ I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner. ²⁰ Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, ²¹ equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us^[a] that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. ²² I appeal to you, brothers,^[b] bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly. ²³ You should know that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if he comes soon. ²⁴ Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings. ²⁵ Grace be with all of you.

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