Are We Listening?
Summary of the Sermon: "Are We Listening?"
Hebrews 12:18–29, ESV
The sermon centers around the powerful truth that God is speaking, but the deeper question is: Are we truly listening?
In the past, God spoke through prophets, but now, He speaks through His Son, Jesus Christ — the radiance of God's glory and the exact imprint of His nature. Jesus, who made the ultimate sacrifice for sin, now sits at the right hand of the Father, interceding for us and enabling our relationship with God through the Spirit.
Key Points:
1. Two Mountains: Sinai vs. Zion
2. The Blood that Speaks
Two examples are the blood of Abel crying out for vengeance and the blood of Jesus speaking a “better word” — forgiveness, restoration, and grace.
3. A Call to Listen
Hebrews warns us: if people didn’t escape judgment when they ignored God’s earthly warning, how much more serious is it to ignore His heavenly word in Christ? The early church was tempted to return to old religious rituals, missing the living Word, Jesus. We can end up doing the same by focusing on rules, traditions, or our own efforts rather than responding to Jesus with faith and obedience.
4. Unshakable Kingdom
Everything that can be shaken will be but only God's eternal kingdom will remain. Our response to this should be reverent worship and grateful hearts, knowing that we are part of something eternal that cannot be shaken.
God’s passionate love calls for a response: to let the Holy Spirit purify us, removing anything that doesn’t belong.
You are invited not just to hear, but to respond with faith, gratitude, obedience, and worship. The real question is not if God is speaking, but are we truly listening?
Hebrews 12:18–29, ESV
The sermon centers around the powerful truth that God is speaking, but the deeper question is: Are we truly listening?
In the past, God spoke through prophets, but now, He speaks through His Son, Jesus Christ — the radiance of God's glory and the exact imprint of His nature. Jesus, who made the ultimate sacrifice for sin, now sits at the right hand of the Father, interceding for us and enabling our relationship with God through the Spirit.
Key Points:
1. Two Mountains: Sinai vs. Zion
- Mount Sinai represents the Old Covenant: fear, trembling, and distance from God.
- Mount Zion symbolizes the New Covenant: joy, closeness, and eternal belonging with God, angels, and the redeemed.
- The Old Covenant, sealed with animal blood, brought terror and guilt. But the New Covenant, sealed with Jesus’ sprinkled blood, brings redemption, healing, and life.
2. The Blood that Speaks
Two examples are the blood of Abel crying out for vengeance and the blood of Jesus speaking a “better word” — forgiveness, restoration, and grace.
3. A Call to Listen
Hebrews warns us: if people didn’t escape judgment when they ignored God’s earthly warning, how much more serious is it to ignore His heavenly word in Christ? The early church was tempted to return to old religious rituals, missing the living Word, Jesus. We can end up doing the same by focusing on rules, traditions, or our own efforts rather than responding to Jesus with faith and obedience.
4. Unshakable Kingdom
Everything that can be shaken will be but only God's eternal kingdom will remain. Our response to this should be reverent worship and grateful hearts, knowing that we are part of something eternal that cannot be shaken.
God’s passionate love calls for a response: to let the Holy Spirit purify us, removing anything that doesn’t belong.
You are invited not just to hear, but to respond with faith, gratitude, obedience, and worship. The real question is not if God is speaking, but are we truly listening?
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