Category: Hebrews
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The Creator’s Oath
Hebrews 6:13-20 “For when God made a promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater by whom to swear, He swore by Himself,saying, ‘Surely I will bless you and multiply you.’ And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. So…
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The Fine Print
Hebrews 6:11-12 “And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end, so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.” Have you ever been sure about something and then found out that your assurance had…
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A Better Way
Hebrews 6:9-10 “Though we speak in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things—things that belong to salvation. For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for his name in serving the saints, as you still do.” One of the common beliefs of…
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Loving God’s Name
Hebrews 6:10 “For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for His name in serving the saints.” Do you love God? How do you know? Is it that you have a warm fuzzy feeling whenever you think about Him? Is it because you are swept up in a…
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Spiritual Rain and its Effects
Hebrews 6:7-8 “For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.” It is a perilous thing…
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Spiritual Maturity
Hebrews 5:12-14 “You need milk, not solid food,for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” It is a wonderful thing to be born of the Spirit.…
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Too Lazy to Learn?
Hebrews 5:11 “About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.” Sometimes I wonder what it must have been like for Jesus, Who is omniscient, to speak to people that weren’t interested enough to listen to what He was saying. So much of what He…
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What’s it all About?
Hebrews 5:5-6 “So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, ‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you’; as he says also in another place, ‘You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.’” The Bible, from cover to cover,…
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The Meek
Hebrews 5:7 “In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to Him who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.” In the verse above we see a picture of Jesus in His awesome meekness. The other day I read the folloiwng definition of…
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Glorious Gentleness
Hebrews 5:1-2 “For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness.” One of the most important attributes of the high priests that God had appointed to…
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