Category: Hebrews

Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen. Faith is not some flimsy feeling or some mindless wishfulness. Faith is not wanting something to be true or wishing something would happen. Faith is reality and substance. It is not mushy or emotional. It is proof and … Continue reading Reality, Substance, Conviction, Proof – Hebrews 11:1 →

And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him. In the words of the famous Little Rascal, Stimey: … Continue reading Expectantly Waiting – Hebrews 9:27-28 →

For the Messiah did not enter a sanctuary made with hands (only a model of the true one) but into heaven itself, so that He might now appear in the presence of God for us. Isn’t this the heart of the New Covenant? The Perfect High Priest stands eternally in the presence of Father God … Continue reading The Mediator – Hebrews 9:24 →

For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the … Continue reading Moral Consciousness – Hebrews 9:13-14 →

...not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord. The problem with the first covenant was … Continue reading The Problem with the Old – Hebrews 8:9 →

So Jesus has also become the guarantee of a better covenant. Hebrews 8:9 I disregarded them, says the Lord, because they did not continue in My covenant. It is a 'better covenant' because Jesus Christ has perfectly fulfilled His/our end of it. He is a Priest forever. He is the Perfect Priest - never changing. … Continue reading The Better Covenant – Hebrews 7:22 →

Now we want each of you to demonstrate the same diligence for the final realization of your hope, so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance. There is a sense that all is done and finalized when we first give our lives to … Continue reading Faithful Diligence – Hebrews 6:11-12 →

Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil — and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. Truly, fear stalks us … Continue reading Death Cometh – Hebrews 2:14-15 →

Otherwise, He would have had to suffer many times since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared one time, at the end of the ages, for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of Himself. Christ's sacrifice covers all from the beginning of time who have lived and have looked to Him … Continue reading All Encompassing Sacrifice – Hebrews 9:26 →

Hebrews 3:8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion... Hebrews 3:12 Watch out, brothers, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God. Hebrews 3:18-19 And who did He swear to that they would not enter His rest, if not those who disobeyed? … Continue reading Stony Hearts – Hebrews 3 →

But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and obtain life. At the risk of sounding whiny and puny, this entire passage of Holy Scripture at the end of Hebrews 10 reminds us of the difficulty of our walk of faith. It reminds us of the challenges … Continue reading Hold On – Hebrews 10:39 →

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My laws into their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be My people. And each person will not teach his fellow citizen, and … Continue reading Know the Lord – Hebrews 8:10-12 →

Though He was God’s Son, He learned obedience through what He suffered. Although it is difficult for me to imagine what obedience Lord Jesus had to learn seeing that He was Perfect Obedience, the message to me is clear: through suffering the follower of Christ learns to obey. Suffering for good serves a purpose in … Continue reading Suffering – Hebrews 5:8 →

In Jesus, faith, obedience, work and rest all converge. To believe is to obey. To work is to rest.