Lamoille Valley Grace Brethren Church
August 9, 2026

      • Revelation 22:20NIV2011

  • Worthy
  • 'Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus

      • Revelation 1:9–20NIV2011

      • 2 Corinthians 9:6–7NASB95

  • Scripture Reading: Exodus 20:18-26
    Kid’s Time: Abeka Pictures of the New Jerusalem
    Proposition: We should be grateful because we have the privilege of inheriting the New Jerusalem.
    Interrogative:
    Intro: https://www.statista.com/statistics/263105/development-of-the-number-of-earthquakes-worldwide-since-2000/?srsltid=AfmBOoqhbbqUTTnzA2I-uHIsyvKhn4zJeuqr9uurb2c_OpsuXlrDbE3C reports, In 2011 there were 2694 earthquakes recorded worldwide, in 2021 there were 2212 and 2024 there were 1374. though statistics show that earthquakes are in decline over the last 15 years, still the earth is literally shaking. The earth’s magnetic pole has been acting erratically lately and is much weaker than it once was (which may account for shorter lifespans recorded after the flood of Noah). Not only is it shaking geologically, it is shaking economically with the effects of war and the price of oil, it is shaking, politically with the most polarizing ideologies like islam, socialism, communism, and liberalism, antisemitism, white supremacy, and racism in my lifetime.
    Our world desperately needs stability.
    Transitional Statement: Three dimensions of the supreme mountain.

    I. Not The Mountain of Law

    Hebrews 12:18 NASB95
    18 For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind,
    Hebrews 12:19 NASB95
    19 and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them.
    Hebrews 12:20 NASB95
    20 For they could not bear the command, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it will be stoned.”
    Hebrews 12:21 NASB95
    21 And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, “I am full of fear and trembling.”

    II. The Mountain of Grace

    Hebrews 12:22 NASB95
    22 But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,
    “But” — stark contrast

    A. It’s Name — Mount Zion

    symbolism — similar to Gal 4:24-26
    Galatians 4:24–26 NASB95
    24 This is allegorically speaking, for these women are two covenants: one proceeding from Mount Sinai bearing children who are to be slaves; she is Hagar. 25 Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. 26 But the Jerusalem above is free; she is our mother.

    B. It’s Owner — City of the Living God

    C. It’s Location — Heavenly Jerusalem

    Heavenly Jerusalem —
    Revelation 21:22–23 NASB95
    22 I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

    D. It’s Inhabitants

    Angels

    Hebrews 12:23 NASB95
    23 to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

    Church — Firstborn, enrolled in heaven

    God — Judge of All (Ruler)

    OT Saints — Righteous made perfect

    E. It’s Mediator

    Jesus — Mediator of the New Covenant

    Hebrews 12:24 NASB95
    24 and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.

    blood

    III. The Unshakable Kingdom

    A. It’s Importance

    Hebrews 12:25 NASB95
    25 See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven.
    Hebrews 12:26 NASB95
    26 And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.”
    Haggai 2:6 NASB95
    6 “For thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land.
    Hebrews 12:27 NASB95
    27 This expression, “Yet once more,” denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

    B. Our Response

    Hebrews 12:28 NASB95
    28 Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe;
    Hebrews 12:29 NASB95
    29 for our God is a consuming fire.
    And we are not consumed!!
    May we have compassion and concern for those who don’t know Jesus as Savior and will be consumed.

      • Hebrews 12:18NIV2011

      • Hebrews 12:19NIV2011

      • Hebrews 12:20NIV2011

      • Hebrews 12:21NIV2011

      • Hebrews 12:22NIV2011

      • Galatians 4:24–26NIV2011

      • Revelation 21:22–23NIV2011

      • Hebrews 12:23NIV2011

      • Hebrews 12:24NIV2011

      • Hebrews 12:25NIV2011

      • Hebrews 12:26NIV2011

      • Hebrews 12:27NIV2011

      • Hebrews 12:28NIV2011

      • Hebrews 12:29NIV2011

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