Teaching by Travis Allen (Page 4)
What We Know, See, and Believe
Hebrews 2:5-9 All right, good evening, everyone. We are in Hebrews chapter 2, so you could turn in your Bibles to Hebrews 2:5 through 9. And we’ll continue our study of this pastor’s exhortation to some in his congregation, or even maybe perhaps many in his congregation, who were feeling weak and discouraged, facing difficult, a difficult season in their lives, and they were in need of strengthening. Last time we looked at the exhortation section, which was Hebrews 2:1…
The Model of Paul’s Ministry
Colossians 1:24-29 Well, we return to Colossians this morning, and I invite you to turn in your Bibles to Colossians 1:24. Colossians 1:24 starts this amazing section on Christ’s gift of Paul as the apostle to the Gentiles. And that makes Paul our apostle. And as our apostle, he has a lot to teach us about having joy in Christ even amidst trials and suffering. A lot to teach us about how to live a faithful life for God’s glory…
How to Pay Closer Attention
Hebrews 2:1-4 Well, we are starting the second chapter of Hebrews, so you’ll want to turn there in your Bibles tonight. And when we were last in the text, we were tracking with the author’s argument that the son is superior to the angels, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they. After saying that in Hebrews 1:4, he brings forward evidence of that from Scripture, Old Testament proof texts. He roots his argument in Scripture and then…
Filling Up Christ’s Afflictions
Colossians 1:24 Well, we return to our study of Colossians and come to a, a deeply encouraging portion of the letter and the ministry of the Apostle Paul. You can turn in your Bibles to Colossians 1 verse 24 and we will read the section that we’re going to be in for a next couple of weeks. After opening this letter with thanksgiving and prayer, Paul sets forth to put Christ to the Colossians, to set him forth before the…
Resurrection Hope Today
Matthew 17:1-8 Well, as we come to our time in God’s Word this morning, I’d like to return to Matthew’s Gospel, if you have your Bibles, you can take them and turn to an earlier scene in Matthew’s Gospel. Remarkable, very special event, occasion in Matthew known as the Transfiguration, which you’ll find in Matthew chapter 17, Matthew 17, the transfiguration is really a preview of resurrection glory. And now from the vantage point of hindsight, hindsight is 2020. We…
The Son and the Angels, Part 2
Hebrews 1:7-14 Good evening, everyone and welcome back. Well, look, we are in Hebrews chapter 1, so if you would turn in your Bibles to Hebrews first chapter. And we started out last time in this section from verses 5 to 14, we’re looking at the pastor’s justification for his thesis statement in verse 4 where he says, “The Son has become as much better than the angels as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.” And after…
Every Christian’s Testimony
Colossians 1:21-23 Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians chapter 1 as we come to verses 21 to 23, which is a text that really tells every Christian’s origin story. And also, this text predicts every Christian’s happy ending. So we might call this every Christian’s testimony. This is every Christian’s testimony, Colossians 1, verses 21 to 23. We have been in the classroom the last few weeks with the Apostle Paul learning in Paul’s three-week course on Christology in…
The Son and the Angels, Part 1
Hebrews 1:5-6 We return to our study of Hebrews. You can turn to Hebrews chapter 1, verses 5 to 14, and I will read the section. We’ll make some observations and then tackle a couple verses. The thesis of this opening section is in verse 4, Hebrews 1:4, which says that, “The son has become as much better than the angels as He has inherited a more excellent name than they.” And the pastor then turns to defend that with…
All Things Reconciled
Colossians 1:19-20 Well, turn to Colossians 1 in your Bibles, and we are studying the doctrine of Christ from Colossians 1:15-20 as Paul is portraying Christ in his unparalleled and universal supremacy. And as we are going to be looking today at the final two verses of this high and magnificent Christology, we need to stop at this point and ask why is Paul saying all of this about Christ? What’s the point? Paul has a point, an important point…
A Brief Primer on Angelology
Hebrews 1:5-14 I want to welcome you back as we return to our study of Hebrews. We have covered the introductory section, verses 1 to 4, and we are now looking at the first argument that the pastor makes here in Hebrews that Christ is superior to all of God’s servants. The pastor starts in his argument that Christ is superior to all God’s servants by speaking of Christ’s superiority over the angels in chapter 1, verse 5 all the…