Summoned to Mount Zion, 2

SUMMONED TO MOUNT ZION, PART 2.
TEXT: Hebrews 12:18-29.

SUMMARY: In this passage, Paul uses the language of a journey and an arrival at a destination to admonish his hearers to make the right choice lest they fall into judgment.

I. THE LONG ROAD BEHIND THEM.
Introduction. The Lord God, as a means to accomplishing His plan of redemption, had brought them out of Slavery; given them His laws; defeated their enemies before them. He did not do all this for them to remain at Mt. Sinai, which was…

A. Material and External, Not Spiritual.

1. Mt. Sinai represented an earthly mediator.
2. A law written on earthly material, tablets of stone.
3. An earthly kingdom, national Israel.

B. Law, Not Gospel.

1. The Manner in which the law was given.
2. The demands of the law itself.