In this rich and encouraging message, we’re invited to examine where we truly “stand” in our relationship with God—before the fear-filled mountain of Sinai or the grace-filled mountain of Zion. Using Hebrews 12 as the central text, the sermon paints a vivid contrast between Israel’s old covenant experience rooted in dread, distance, and repeated sacrifices, and the new covenant reality God calls us into today—a life marked by hope, access, love, and transformation. Through powerful scriptures and relatable reflections, we’re reminded that we have been brought to Mount Zion, where our inheritance is eternal, where God draws us close rather than keeps us veiled away, and where we stand in grace through a Savior whose sacrifice perfects us forever. Even in a world full of noise, distraction, and spiritual struggle, the message encourages us to live confidently as citizens of heaven, embracing God’s love, drawing near in boldness, and allowing trials to shape us for the Kingdom we’re journeying toward. Listen in and be strengthened to leave Sinai behind and live fully in the hope, freedom, and relationship God desires for His people under the New Covenant.
Tony Stith grew up in the Pacific Northwestern United States. He has been a member of the churches of God all of his life, attending the Boise, Idaho, Lewiston, Idaho and Spokane, Washington churches of God. After graduating college in Pasadena, CA in 1990, he and his wife Elizabeth moved to Minnesota, where they now live in Woodbury, a suburb just to the southeast of St. Paul. They attend the Twin Cities United Church of God congregation.