Hebrews 7:25 assures the believer by revealing that Jesus will save believers to the uttermost because of His present intercession.  Jesus’ intercession matters because He is a better priest. He is a better priest because He was ordained priest by God af

Jesus Christ is presently, actively interceding for His people. In the last two episodes, we looked generally at Christ's present intercession for us. But what does His intercession accomplish? Two Biblical texts (Romans 8:34 and Hebrews 7:25) detail

Jesus Christ is up to something right now by actively, presently interceding for believers. In this mini-series, we are examining a few various angles of this neglected, but life-giving reality of Christ’s intercession. This week, I want to wrap our arms

How often do you hear about what Jesus is up to right now?How many sermons have you heard on the present intercession of Christ?How many books have you seen on the intercession of Christ?How many podcasts have you listened to on what Hes doing righ

The book of Haggai ends, not with a word to the nation, leaders, or group as a whole, but with a message to one man - Zerubbabel.This message is about future triumph and future enthronement. God looks beyond the current temple construction project to th

Sin contaminates everything we do. When we are not right with God, everything we do becomes contaminated and tinged by sin. There are consequences to our sin. The people were still working and sacrificing, but God couldn’t receive any of it because of the

About a month in rebuilding the temple, the people began comparing this new temple to Solomons temple. This new temple was not full of the beauty and splendor of Solomons temple. Their materials were less expensive. Their work was less glorious. They lo

There are two ways we can live - in disobedience or in obedience. Haggai 1 shows how Israel was living in disobedience by not rebuilding the temple. By living this way, they discovered that life wasn't really satisfying. We will see in chapter one tha

Haggai is a little book tucked away toward the end of the Old Testament. If the pages are stuck together in your Bible, you may unknowingly skip right on by this book. Yet, this book has much to teach us about the glory of God and how His saints glorify H

Titus is like a three chapter IV pumping what it means to live by the grace of God for the glory of God into our spiritual veins.And now we come to these concluding verses and think, Okay, everything else makes sense why I should care, but what impact