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Tuesday,
September
9, 2025
"Lettuce
Sermon"
Message summary: Let us hold unswervingly to our hope in Christ!
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"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful" (Hebrews 10:23).
The other day Brooksyne made salad for our dinner. Rather than have another plate to wash she just served me in the clear plastic clamshell container the lettuce came in. I'm the type that curiously reads the back of packages but this message was to be read from the inside. At first glance I thought there was an apparent typo until I read it again, "Done Already? Lettuce know what you think".
Well, it was a good salad especially after Brooksyne doctored it up but the message prompted a long ago memory. One of the first sermons I ever preached was from the book of Hebrews and throughout the message I repeatedly used the phrase "Let us". After the message Jeff, a Bible College friend came up to me, shook my hand and said, "Thank you for your salad sermon"!
The
author of
Hebrews uses
the phrase "let
us" twelve
times. When I
read or hear
sermons
preached using
this phrase
(also known
technically as
the
cohortatory) I
am encouraged,
as it seems
the author or
preacher is
leading me,
not pushing
me. The writer
conveys that
he is facing
the same
circumstances
as his readers
so he presents
a form of
personal
resolve in his
writing.
Today's text
is one of
those "Let
us" verses
in Hebrews.
This text is
the singular
key text in
the entire
book of
Hebrews. This
call to
faithfulness
is directed to
the earliest
believers who
were the
initial
recipients of
this Scripture
and to all
others through
the ages of
the Church, including
each of us
today.
That's a vital
way we read
the
Scriptures.
We are to "hold
unswervingly
to the hope we
profess".
Of course
primarily this
hope we
profess is the
hope we have
in Christ.
Earlier in the
book of
Hebrews we
read, "We
desire that
each one of
you show the
same diligence
so as to
realize the
full assurance
of hope until
the end"
(Hebrews
6:11). And in
6:19 he
reminds us
that "We
have this hope
as an anchor
for the soul,
firm and
secure".
And this hope
we affirm is
absolutely
secure, "for
He who
promised is
faithful".
A.W Pink, a British writer who has long been with the Lord, dying in 1952, wrote in his classic book "The Attributes Of God" concerning God's faithfulness:
"God is true. His Word of Promise is sure. In all His relations with His people God is faithful. He may be safely relied upon. No one ever yet really trusted Him in vain. We find this precious truth expressed almost everywhere in the Scriptures, for His people need to know that faithfulness is an essential part of the Divine character. This is the basis of our confidence in Him. But it is one thing to accept the faithfulness of God as a Divine truth, it is quite another to act upon it. God has given us many "exceeding great and precious promises", but are we really counting on His fulfillment of them? Are we actually expecting Him to do for us all that He has said? Are we resting with implicit assurance on these words, "He is faithful that promised" (Hebrews 10:23)?
Rest in this wonderful assurance today. Let us hold unswervingly to our hope in Christ!
Be encouraged today! Hebrews 3:13
Stephen
&
Brooksyne
Weber
Daily
prayer:
Father, in
this
ever-changing
society where
transition
beckons us
daily, You are
the Faithful
One. As we
hold
unswervingly
to the hope we
profess we
will not be
swayed to the
right nor to
the left. And
we hold to
this hope
because You
are faithful
to Your Word
and Your
divine
character.
Though the
heavens are
silent at
times and the
world
continues to
slide into
decadence and
intolerance
toward true
Christians we
remain
faithful. As
we hold
unswervingly
to the hope we
profess we
will not give
up due to
weariness,
weakness, or a
wayward heart,
for Your
unchanging
truth makes
the triumph
certain. Amen.
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"He Will Be" Watch on YouTube CityAlight
Faithful He
has been,
Faithful He
will be
Time and time
again
His Word
returns
complete
To His truth I
cling,
When the night
is deep
Faithful He
has been,
Faithful He
will be.
"Living Hope" Watch on YouTube Phil Wickham
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