Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus; - Hebrews 3:1 NASB20 Last time we took a very brief look at what the priests were called to do. It’s easy for us to take what we know from modern-day religion and read it [...]
Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession: Jesus; - Hebrews 3:1 NASB20 What is the role of a Priest, in general, and the High Priest in particular? In the Father’s plan for Israel, the priest was tasked with mediating between God and man. [...]
Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, - Hebrews 3:7 Today, You have words that will feed me because Your Word is the bread of life. Today, You have words that will heal my body because Your Word is my physician. Today, You have words that will solve my [...]
Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME, AS IN THE DAY OF TRIAL IN THE WILDERNESS, - Hebrews 3:7-8 The writer begins this second great warning of the book with a lenthy quote from the Old Testament. The above [...]
Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME, AS IN THE DAY OF TRIAL IN THE WILDERNESS, - Hebrews 3:7-8 Oh boy - here we go. We’re sneaking up on big warning number 2. But before we look at the [...]
but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house--whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end. - Hebrews 3:6 The book of Hebrews offers us some controversial and sobering ideas. I find many in Christian circles have no place for conditional statements [...]
but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house--whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end. - Hebrews 3:6 I’ve been looking at Jesus standing before Pilate this morning. They engage in this astounding interchange. Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he [...]
What we know about God we learned through His name. If you’ve been around me for any length of time, you’ve probably heard me go off on the names of God and how His nature and character are revealed to us through them. In Hebrews 3 we come across another one of these name-lessons, one [...]
Now Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later; - Hebrews 3:5 There’s something really cool going on here. Moses lived his life some fourteen hundred years before Christ. He spoke with God face to face as a man speaks to [...]
I want to step back into the first chapter of Hebrews once again and take a look at the Father’s heart. This quote brings the heart of the Father into sharp relief. "I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME"? - Hebrews 1:5 Today, we will take a [...]