Hebrews 10:19-25
June 15, 2025
preached by Pastor Doug Cooper
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Time of Reflection Quotations

“Freedom is not the absence of limitations and constraints, but it is finding the right ones, those that fit our nature and liberate us.”

~ Timothy J. Keller (1950-2023), American pastor and author

“A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject of all, subject to all.”

~ Martin Luther (1483-1546), German theologian, writer and professor

“Wherever we go we see divisions among people—in families, communities, cities, countries, and continents. All these divisions are tragic reflections of our separation from God. The truth that all people belong together as members of one family under God is seldom visible. Our sacred task is to reveal that truth in the reality of everyday life.”

~ Henri Nouwen (1932-1996), Dutch Catholic priest, professor, writer

“Loyal fellowship of believers is not an ‘add on’ to good doctrine. Fellowship of believers is often the vein through which the Savior’s blood pumps us whole and well.”

~ Rosaria Butterfield (1962-present), American writer and speaker

“We don’t come to church, to be a church. We come to Christ, and then we are built up as a church. If we come to church just to be with one another, one another is all we’ll get. And it isn’t enough. Inevitably, our hearts will grow empty, and then angry. If we put community first, we will destroy community. But if we come to Christ first and submit ourselves to Him and draw life from Him, community gets traction.”

~ C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), British writer and Christian apologist

“What binds us together is not common education, common race, common income levels, common politics, common nationality, common accents, common jobs, or anything of the sort. Christians come together, not because they form a natural collocation, but because they have been saved by Jesus Christ and owe him a common allegiance… and he commands them to love one another.”

~ D.A. Carson (1946-present), Canadian theologian and writer

Sermon Passage

Hebrews 10:19-25 (CSB)

¹⁹ Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have boldness to enter the sanctuary through the blood of Jesus — ²⁰ he has inaugurated for us a new and living way through the curtain (that is, through his flesh) — ²¹ and since we have a great high priest over the house of God, ²² let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water. ²³ Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, since he who promised is faithful. ²⁴ And let us consider one another in order to provoke love and good works, ²⁵ not neglecting to gather together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day approaching.