I. Review & Background
1. Last week
2. Intro to Hebrews
II. Instructions from the writer of Hebrews
1. Because of Jesus we are to live a new way (10:19-25)
Confidence in entering God’s presence (10:19)
Drawing near to Him (10:22)
Full assurance of faith (10:22)
Possessing a clear conscience (10:22)
Hold fast our confession (10:23)
Stir on another toward good deeds (10:24)
Encouraging one another (10:25)
Not neglect meeting together (10:25)
2. Abandoning this new way is sinning deliberately (10:26-31)
3. We have may have to suffer for living this way (10:32-35)
III. Biblical instruction on the assembly / gathering / church
1. The necessity to meet
2. The diversity of meetings
Initial Church (before Jerusalem persecution)
Middle Church (after Jerusalem persecution)
Later church (after separating from Judaism)
3. Contemporary issue
The false nobility of the small church
The false corruption of the megachurches or multi-campus church
Owning a building
Big church vs. small church
4. Wisdom & encouragement
Every Christian should be in a small group and large group every week
Find a place to serve the assembly
Grow roots and relationships in the assembly