North Houston Baptist Church

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Scripture contains warnings that remind us of our responsibility to persevere in the faith, yet God provides means to help us do so. Among these means of grace is the local church, where divinely appointed leaders watch over the souls of the flock and shepherd them in the Word. In this sermon, we consider three commands for how believers are to relate faithfully to their spiritual leaders.

Whether or not we realize it, our deepest convictions shape our daily habits. Not all habits lead to lasting benefit, but spiritual disciplines, like prayer and Scripture reading, cultivate communion with God and strengthen us for spiritual challenges. In this sermon, we explore five steps to develop consistent spiritual habits that mirror Jesus' own practice of prayer and engagement with God's Word.

Believers are called to remember the leaders who spoke God's word and to consider the outcome of their lives. This strengthens the heart and guards against being led astray, for Jesus Christ is unchanging. In this sermon, we consider three admonitions that aid believers in holding fast to the faith once for all delivered to the saints.

Not all are called to marriage, but all are called to honor it in a world that increasingly celebrates the desires of the flesh. God's Word reveals the great importance of esteeming marriage as His good and honorable design and of keeping the marriage bed undefiled. In this sermon, we consider what this requires in all aspects of life and are warned of God's certain judgment against the sexually immoral and adulterous.

Having reminded his readers of the warning not to refuse the one God who spoke to them at Sinai, the author reveals how God will once again shake heaven and earth to remove what is temporary and establish an unshakable kingdom in Christ. In this sermon, we consider how recipients of this kingdom respond with gratitude and offer God acceptable worship marked by reverence and awe.

God's appearance on Mount Sinai and the giving of the law heightened the people's awareness of His holiness and their own sinfulness, producing fear and distance from His presence. Under the new covenant, however, believers are invited to approach the mountain of God by faith through Christ, the mediator of a better covenant. In this sermon, we consider how the sprinkled blood of Jesus speaks a better word than Abel's blood for all who are united to Christ.

There is a holiness without which no one will see the Lord—not a meritorious or salvific holiness, for salvation rests in Christ alone, but an experiential holiness that necessarily flows from true faith. The truly converted believer will therefore strive after this holiness, knowing it does not come by accident. In this sermon, we consider the necessity for God's children to earnestly pursue such holiness.