by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 3/11/2018) In the last message, we began to look at the purpose of the preaching of the gospel. We began to see that the work of Christ was completely finished, whereas the work of the gospel is ongoing. And the gospel does NOT save us for eternity, but…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on 3/11/2018) In this message, we begin to look at the purpose of the preaching of the gospel. These verses in Hebrews sets forth clearly the work of Christ versus the purpose of preaching the gospel. Does the Gospel save you for eternity? Does the Gospel bring you life?…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 8/7/22) Yesterday we started this message, about when Jesus Christ – Who was fully God, and completely divine! – became flesh in order to deliver His people from the eternal curse of sin. We began to see the majesty and glory of God, and how much greater He is…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 8/7/22) There is no doubt that God is greater than man, and different from us in so many essential ways! He truly is the great “Other” – He is categorically “Other” than us! But there was a time when the Great “Other” became our brother. Jesus Christ, the Second…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 5/22/22) In the second half of this sermon, we see that our focus must NOT be on the things of this world, but rather our focus must be on Jesus. Otherwise, as we realize that we are still facing the consequences of sin in this world, we may lose…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 5/22/22) In Hebrews Chapter 2, we are told that all things are in subjection under the feet of Jesus. This includes all of the consequences of sin in this world, including death. However, in Heb. 2:8, Paul (whom I believe wrote the book of Hebrews) declares, “But now we…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 7/3/22) In this conclusion to yesterday’s message, we learn that negligence is sometimes a greater issue than rebellion for God’s people. Certainly, when we are rebellious we can expect bad consequences; however, it is usually complacency – or negligence in our Christian walk – that afflicts us more! Join…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 7/3/22) As we continue our series on the Book of Hebrews, we read in the second chapter that we must be diligent in regard to the things we have heard, and not to let them “slip”. The word “slip” means “to drift away.” The idea is that negligence can…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 7/3/22) In today’s message, we continue looking at the new birth as set forth in Scripture, and affirmed through Article Six of the Articles of Faith of Zion Primitive Baptist Church. In this sermon, the first half of which we share today, we see that the new birth does…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 6/5/22) In the last post, we heard the first half of this sermon that deals with two statements of Scripture that appear to contradict: Heb. 1:4 and Heb. 2:7. We began seeing how much greater Jesus was than the angels, and today we finish looking at His greatness and…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 6/5/22) In the first two chapters of Hebrews, we find two statements that appear to contradict. In Heb. 1:4, we are told that Jesus was made “so much better than” the angels, and yet in Heb. 2:7, we are told that He was made “a little lower than” the…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached 6/26/22) As we saw in yesterday’s post, our Savior is high and exalted. But as we continue on this thought, we see that He not only was and is the Holy One of heaven, He is also empathetic and humble in His dealings with His people. What a Savior!…
