Category: Hebrews
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Worship: Two Kinds
Hebrews 11:4 “By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.” Do you know that the way a person worships reveals an awful lot about their faith (or…
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From Whence Did Everything Come?
Hebrews 11:3 “By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.” One of the reasons that I believe God exists is the fact than anything exists. Where did everything come from? What brought it about? When I think…
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Those Difficult Passages
Hebrews 10:26-28 “For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.” One of the reasons that I try to study every verse when I’m studying a book of the Bible is…
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A New and Living Way
Hebrews 10:20 “. . .the new and living way. . .” Have you ever heard someone say, “there’s a right way and a wrong way to do everything”? While I don’t’ think that that statement is necessarily true for some things (like which shoe you put on first in the morning) can be done in…
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The Choice
Hebrews 11:24-26 “By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin. He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.” I’m sure you’ve…
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Israel’s Tabernacle and its Shadows
Hebrews 9:1-6 “Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness. For a tent was prepared, the first section, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence. It is called the Holy Place. . .These preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into the first section, performing their ritual duties” There…
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Tests of Faith
Hebrews 11:6 “Whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.” Do you really believe that God exists? I mean really. Is the idea of God a wispy notion, a “pie in the sky” sort of thing to you, or do you see Him as a fact,…
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Eternity
Hebrews 9:12 “. . . an eternal redemption.” I remember some years ago talking to a friend about eternal things. I asked him if he ever thought much about eternity. His answer was along the lines of “No, not all all.” How about you? Are eternal things something you give much thought to? If not,…
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A Glorious Inheritance
Hebrews 9:16-17 “For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive.” Have you ever inherited anything? If you have, you understand full well that an…
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Precious Hearts
Hebrews 8:10 “For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.” I remember so well the words of my…
To Encourage You 