Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. - Hebrews 2:17 There’s a word you don’t hear every day. [Disclaimer - we’re going to get a [...]
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Merciful and Faithful High Preist
Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. - Hebrews 2:17 Wally Fry, a blogging compadre, has nearly daily posts called “Just a Thought,” brief, pithy, [...]
Dropping the Baggage of Deity
Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to [...]
Far Above
So Ben, What’s God talking to you about? I found my self on a rabbit trail into Ephesians this morning and read something that blew my mind. I need to share it with you. The crazy thing is that all these verses I've marked up in my Bible with colors and arrows and notes written [...]
In All Things (But wait there’s more!)
Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. - Hebrews 2:17 We started talking about this phrase “in all things” on Friday by looking at how [...]
In All Things
Hey guys! Welcome back to our cruise (crawl?) through Hebrews. Today we reach a mile marker. We come to the end of chapter two, and to the statement of why we have been pushing this line of reasoning. All this time making a distinction between Jesus and the angels, followed by his herculean effort to [...]
Provision
So Ben, What’s God talking to you about? God's been talking to me about provision but from a strange place. In Matthew 4 after Jesus is baptized by John in the Jordan, the Spirit leads Him into the wilderness to be tempted. And the tempter came and said to Him, "If You are the Son [...]
Announcement – So Ben, What’s God talking to you about?
So Ben, What’s God talking to you about? I love to ask people this question once we get past “How’s your day?” or some other greeting-like phrase. We’ve lost this from our day to day language as a church. We can gather hundreds of Christians together on a Sunday morning, and the lobby conversation consists [...]
Power of Death
Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. - Hebrews 2:14-15 Today, [...]
Flesh and Blood
Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, - Hebrews 2:14 I love the turn of phrase “share in flesh and blood.” Put’s me in mind of communion. [...]