Hebrews 13:18-25
August 24, 2025
preached by Pastor Doug Cooper
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Time of Reflection Quotations

“Grace remits sin, and peace quiets the conscience. Sin and conscience torment us, but Christ has overcome these fiends now and forever. These two terms, grace and peace, constitute Christianity. Grace involves the remission of sins, peace, and a happy conscience.”

~ Martin Luther (1483-1546), German professor of theology, author and seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation

“Grace is the essential gift of gifts. It alone is able to raise you from the dead and give you life.”

~ Paul David Tripp (1950-present), American pastor and author

“Grace is as large in renewing us as sin was in defacing.”

~ Stephen Charnock (1628-1680), English minister and writer

“Grace is an energy; not a mere sentiment; not a mere thought of the Almighty; not even a word of the Almighty. It is as real an energy as the energy of electricity. It is a divine energy; it is the energy of the divine affection rolling in plenteousness toward the shores of human need.”

~ Benjamin Jowett (1817-1893), English professor, theologian, minister and translator

“If God be our God, He will give us peace in trouble. When there is a storm without, He will make peace within. The world can create trouble in peace, but God can create peace in trouble.”

~ Thomas Watson (1620-1686), English preacher and author

“The point of the resurrection…is that the present bodily life is not valueless just because it will die. God will raise it to new life. What you do with your body in the present matters because God has a great future in store for it.”

~ N.T. Wright (1948-present), leading New Testament scholar

Sermon Passage

Hebrews 13:18-25 (CSB)

¹⁸ Pray for us, for we are convinced that we have a clear conscience, wanting to conduct ourselves honorably in everything. ¹⁹ And I urge you all the more to pray that I may be restored to you very soon.

²⁰ Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus — the great Shepherd of the sheep — through the blood of the everlasting covenant, ²¹ equip you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

²² Brothers and sisters, I urge you to receive this message of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly. ²³ Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he comes soon enough, he will be with me when I see you. ²⁴ Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who are from Italy send you greetings. ²⁵ Grace be with you all.