Sermon outline on Hebrews 10:23-25 emphasizing confession, ministering to one another and fellowship as essentials of the faith.

1. Hebrews 10:23-25
25/8/13

3. Hebrews 10
23 Let us hold fast the confession
of our hope without wavering, for He who
promised is faithful.
24 And let us consider one another in
order to stir up love and good works,
25 not forsaking the assembling of
ourselves together, as is the manner of some,
but exhorting one another, and so much the
more as you see the Day approaching.

4. Confession [1]: orthodoxy
23 Let us hold fast
the confession
of our hope
without wavering,
for He who
promised is
faithful.
Romans 10
10 For with the heart one
believes unto righteousness,
and with the mouth
confession is made unto
salvation.
2 Corinthians 9
13 ...they glorify God for the
obedience of your
confession to the gospel
of Christ, and for your liberal
sharing with them and
all men...

5. Confession [2]: orthodoxy and
orthopraxy
Acts 2
42 And they
continued
steadfastly in the
apostles’
doctrineand
fellowship, in the
breaking of bread,
and in prayers.
Fred Birkett
“the non-
disputables”
Luke
διδαχή

6. Confession [3]: orthopathy
Romans 6
17 But God be thanked
that though you were
slaves of sin, yet you
obeyed from the heart
that form of
doctrineto which
you were delivered.
Proverbs 4:23
23 Keep your heart with all
diligence, for out of
it spring the issues of life.
Matthew 15:18-20
18 But those things which
proceed out of the mouth
come from the heart, and they
defile a man. 19 For out of the
heart proceed evil thoughts,
murders, adulteries,
fornications, thefts, false
witness, blasphemies.

7. Confession [4]: heretic = divisive man
Romans 16
17 Now I urge you,
brethren, note those
who cause divisions and
offenses, contrary to the
doctrinewhich
you learned, and avoid
them.
Titus 3
10 Reject a divisive
[αιρετικόν] man after
the first and second
admonition, 11 knowing
that such a person is
warped and sinning,
being self-condemned.

8. Confession [5]: What is “non-
disputable”?
“The Bible is the inspired word of
God and the foundation of our
faith. We believe the Apostles’
creed to be a most modest
summation of that faith.”
LCC Statement of Faith

9. Confession [6]: The Apostles’ creed
I believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and
earth:
And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord, who was conceived
by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under
Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried: He descended
into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He
ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God
the Father Almighty; from thence he shall come to judge the
living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Ghost;
The holy Catholic Church; the Communion of Saints; the
forgiveness of sins; the resurrection of the body, and the life
everlasting. Amen.

10. One another [1]
24 And let us
consider one
another in
order to stir up
love and good
works
“…Be at peace with each
other.” (Mark 9:50)
“…Wash one another’s feet.”
(John 13:14)
“…Love one another…” (John
13:34)
“…Love one another…” (John
13:34)
“…Love one another…” (John
13:35)
“…Love one another…” (John
15:12)
“…Love one another” (John
15:17)

11. One another [2]
“Be devoted to one another in
brotherly love…” (Romans
12:10)
“…Honor one another above
yourselves. (Romans 12:10)
“Live in harmony with one
another…” (Romans 12:16)
“…Love one another…”
(Romans 13:8)
“…Stop passing judgment on
one another.” (Romans 14:13)

12. One another [3]
“Accept one another, then, just
as Christ accepted you…”
(Romans 15:7)
“…Instruct one another.”
(Romans 15:14)
“Greet one another with a holy
kiss…” (Romans 16:16)
“…When you come together to
eat, wait for each other.” (I Cor.
11:33)
“…Have equal concern for
each other.” (I Corinthians
12:25)
“…Greet one another with a
holy kiss.” (I Corinthians 16:20)

13. One another [4]
“Greet one another with a holy
kiss.” (II Corinthians 13:12)
“…Serve one another in love.”
(Galatians 5:13)
“Carry each other’s burdens…”
(Galatians 6:2)
“…Be patient, bearing with one
another in love.” (Ephesians
4:2)
“Be kind and compassionate to
one another…” (Ephesians
4:32)
“…Forgiving each other…”
(Ephesians 4:32)

14. One another [5]
“Submit to one another out of
reverence for Christ.”
(Ephesians 5:21)
“…In humility consider others
better than yourselves.”
(Philippians 2:3)
“Bear with each other…”
(Colossians 3:13)
“…Forgive whatever grievances
you may have against one
another.” (Colossians 3:13)

15. One another [6]
“Teach…[one another]”
(Colossians 3:16)
“…Admonish one another
(Colossians 3:16)
“…Make your love
increase and overflow for
each other.” (I
Thessalonians 3:12)
“…Love each other.” (I
Thessalonians 4:9)
“…Encourage each
other…”(I Thessalonians
4:1)

16. One another [7]
“…Encourage each other…” I
Thessalonians 5:11)
“…Build each other up…” (I
Thessalonians 5:11)
“Encourage one another
daily…” Hebrews 3:13)
“…Spur one another on toward
love and good deeds.”
(Hebrews 10:24)
“…Encourage one another.”
(Hebrews 10:25)
“Confess your sins to each
other…” (James 5:16)
“…Pray for each other.” (James
5:16)

17. One another [8]
“…Love one another deeply,
from the heart.” (I Peter 3:8)
“…Live in harmony with one
another…” (I Peter 3:8)
“…Love each other deeply…” (I
Peter 4:8)
“Offer hospitality to one
another without grumbling.” (I
Peter 4:9)
“Each one should use
whatever gift he has received
to serve others…” (I Peter
4:10)

18. One another [9]
“…Clothe yourselves with
humility toward one
another…”(I Peter 5:5)
“…Love one another.”
(I John 3:11)
“…Love one another.”
(I John 3:23)
“…Love one another.” (I John
4:7)
“…Love one another.” (I John
4:11)

19. One another [10]
“…Love one another.” (I
John 4:1
“…Love one another.” (II
John 5)

20. Assembling [1]
25a not forsaking the assembling of ourselves
together, as is the manner of some, but
exhorting one another…
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21. Assembling [2]
25b …and so much the more as you see the
Day approaching.