Peace & Holiness– Hebrews 12:14-29
Feb 8, 2015 Prayer Requests
 Ruth Gawith
 Gods leading and
 Milton Davis & Kathy
Davis
direction in our Church
Families
 College Students
 Keith McNew-Christ’s
working in his life.
 James Alexander -Dialysis
 Unspoken
 Lua McNew
 Ginny & Jim Jellison
 Lucy McKinney
 Keith Avery
 Young families – Gods
guiding in upcoming
changes.
http://globalmission.nazarene.org/
Sandra
Great Britain
David
Mexico
Saurabh
Bangladesh, Angola, Namibia
Ruth
Zealand
India, Israel, Australia, New
Keith & Ruth Switzerland
Sarah
Swaziland
Wayne
Africa
Missionary profile: Bill and Mill Kwon
Dong Hwan "Bill" and Yun-Bum "Mill" Kwon are missionaries living in
Bangkok, Thailand, since 2014, while they serve the Republic of the
Union of Myanmar in the Southeast Asia Field of the Asia_Pacific
Region. Bill is the country coordinator and district superintendent of the
Myanmar District. Previously, in 2011 he started the holistic Rowenas
Community Development Project in Manila, Philippines, and planted the
River of Life Church of the Nazarene, which is now pastored by Jackson
Natividad.
Praying for the US & Canada
Richie Merryman: NY, NM, CA
Alexanders: CA, OK, GA, QC
Vanderpool: NM (SE ABQ)
Jellisons: UT, TX, AK
Shultzs: CA, DC, MA, BC
Moores: AZ, NM, DC, CA, YT, QC
Abby Nielson: MA, OH, VT, QC
Aliece Nielson: NM, VT, PEI
L. Kilgore: VA, MI
T. & P. Brown: IL, HW, PA, DC
Nielsons: OH, PEI, VT, MA, RI
Griffins: VT, OH, (Northeast)
C. Yazzie: NM, AZ, & Navajo
Nation
Adams: NM, CA, MA
B. Brown: GA, OR, ON
B. Vito: NY,ID
Nazarene Essentials
The church of God, in its highest
forms on earth and in heaven, has
its gatherings, teachings, and
united worship, but it is all to help
the individual into the likeness of
His Son. –Phineas F. Brese
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Lesson Password: Prayer
Illustrated Bible Life Password: Devotion
Embrace the Race
START
RUN
PERSEVERE
FINISH
Do not grow
Weary & lose
Heart!!!
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What is
the
difference?
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Hebrews 12 (NIV)
14 Make every effort
to live in peace with
everyone and to be holy; without holiness no
one will see the Lord. 15 See to it that no one
falls short of the grace of God and that no
bitter root grows up to cause trouble and defile
many.16 See that no one is sexually immoral, or
is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold
his inheritance rights as the oldest
son. 17 Afterward, as you know, when he wanted
to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. Even
though he sought the blessing with tears, he
could not change what he had done.
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Peace & Holiness
Peace & Holiness
Alternatives
 Wholeness
 Falling short of grace
 Completeness
 Bitterness
 Loyalty
 Defiling Dissension
 Harmony
 Sexual immorality
 Perseverance
 Failure to value the
 Faithful Obedience
things of God
 Growth in Grace
 Purity
 Power
 Perfection
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Hebrews 12 (NIV)
18 You
have not come to a mountain that can be
touched and that is burning with fire; to
darkness, gloom and storm; 19 to a trumpet
blast or to such a voice speaking words that
those who heard it begged that no further
word be spoken to them, 20 because they
could not bear what was commanded: “If
even an animal touches the mountain, it
must be stoned to death.” 21 The sight was so
terrifying that Moses said, “I am trembling
with fear.”
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Hebrews 12 (NIV)
22 But you
have come to Mount Zion, to the
city of the living God, the heavenly
Jerusalem. You have come to thousands upon
thousands of angels in joyful assembly, 23 to
the church of the firstborn, whose names are
written in heaven. You have come to God, the
Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous
made perfect, 24 to Jesus the mediator of a
new covenant, and to the sprinkled
bloodthat speaks a better word than the
blood of Abel.
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Sinai and Zion
Angels in Joyful Assembly
Church of firstborn
Names written in Heaven
God the Judge of all
Spirits of Righteous made perfect
Jesus mediator of new covenant
Fire
Thunder
Lightning
Trumpet Blasts
Billowing Smoke
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Hebrews 12 (NIV)
25 See
to it that you do not refuse him who
speaks. If they did not escape when they
refused him who warned them on earth, how
much less will we, if we turn away from him
who warns us from heaven? 26 At that time his
voice shook the earth, but now he has
promised, “Once more I will shake not only
the earth but also the heavens.” 27 The words
“once more” indicate the removing of what
can be shaken—that is, created things—so
that what cannot be shaken may remain.
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Hebrews 12 (NIV)
 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a
kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us
be thankful, and so worship God
acceptably with reverence and awe, 29 for
our “God is a consuming fire.”
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Judgement & Thanksgiving
Deuteronomy 4: 23 Be careful
not to forget the covenant of
the LORD your God that he made with you; do not
make for yourselves an idol in the form of
anything the LORD your God has forbidden. 24 For
the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous
God.
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Judgement & Thanksgiving
16 Shadrach,
Meshach and Abednego replied to him, “King Nebuchadnezzar, we do
not need to defend ourselves before you in this matter. 17 If we are thrown into the
blazing furnace, the God we serve is able to deliver us from it, and he will
deliver us from Your Majesty’s hand. 18 But even if he does not, we want you to
know, Your Majesty, that we will not serve your gods or worship the image of gold
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you have set up.” [Daniel 3]
Next Week
Unit 1: Galations: The Superiority of
the Gospel
Lesson 1: The True Gospel
Galations 1:6-24
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God Spoke in Times Past
also said to Moses, “I am the LORD. 3 I appeared to
Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my
name the LORD I did not make myself fully known to
them. 4 I also established my covenant with them to give
them the land of Canaan, where they resided as
foreigners. 5 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the
Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have
remembered my covenant.
6 “Therefore, say to the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will
bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will
free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you
with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of
judgment.7 I will take you as my own people, and I will be
your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God,
who brought you out from under the yoke of the
Egyptians. 8 And I will bring you to the land I swore with
uplifted hand to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob. I will
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give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD.’”
God Spoke in Times Past
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I am the Lord …
I appeared …
I established …
I give …
I have heard …
I have remembered
I will bring you out …
I will free you …
I will redeem you …
I will take you as my own …, I will be your God
I will bring you to the land …
I will give it to you …
I am the Lord.
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The Eurasia Regional Office is inviting Nazarenes across the Eurasia Region to link
hearts with our brothers and sisters in the Africa Region by joining them in prayer
and fasting for the people suffering from the Ebola virus outbreak in Western Africa,
for those who are sick, those who have lost loved ones, communities impacted
negatively by quarantine, fear, loss of producers and earners, and for those brave
medical workers treating the sick.
How to help Ebola relief
 Africa West Field Strategy Coordinator Daniel Gomis suggests the following
activities to support Ebola relief efforts: Have a time of fasting and a time of
prayer at least once a week
 Pray for God to bind any fear and loose peace in the hearts of the people of West
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Africa
Pray for our district superintendents, pastors, leaders, and churches in Liberia,
Sierra Leone, and Guinea Conakry, that the Lord will use them powerfully as
agents of hope and salt and light of Jesus in these difficult days
Pray for God's wisdom and protection over the medical doctors and health
personnel in the Ebola-affected countries
Pray for God's wisdom for the head of nations and decision makers in Sierra
Leone, Liberia, and Guinea Conakry
Inform and educate by checking the World Health
Organization and International SOS websites for updates
Funds contributed through the Africa Emergency Relief Fund will go toward
Ebola education programs, prevention and hygiene supplies, and food and
vitamins for individuals and families in affected communities.
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