September 20 Hebrews 11:17-31 (ESV) 17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son, 18 of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.” 19 He considered that God was able even to raise him from [...]
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September 20 Hebrews 11:17-31
Posted: September 20, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Hebrews, September Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Hebrews, Scripture, September 20 Hebrews 11:17-31, September Bible Readings
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Faith is a spiritual act that sees the fingerprints of God.
Posted: September 20, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Hebrews, SeptemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, faith, Seeing God
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the people of old received their commendation. 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. —Hebrews 11:1-3 John [...]
September 19 Hebrews 11:1-16
Posted: September 19, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Hebrews, September Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Hebrews, Scripture, September 19 Hebrews 11:1-16, September Bible Readings
September 19 Hebrews 11:1-16 (ESV) By Faith 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old received their commendation. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out [...]
Piper: The key to the indomitable joy
Posted: September 18, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Hebrews, SeptemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, joy in God, Knowing Christ, Piper: The key to the indomitable joy, Scripture
For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one. John Piper, in a sermon, “The Present Power of a Future Possession” So Hebrews 10:34 is saying that the key to the indomitable joy [...]
September 18 Hebrews 10:19-39
Posted: September 18, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Hebrews, September Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Hebrews, Scripture, September Bible Readings
September 18 Hebrews 10:19-39 (ESV) The Full Assurance of Faith 19 Therefore, brothers, [1] since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house [...]
Already/Not Yet
Posted: September 17, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Hebrews, SeptemberTags: Already/Not Yet, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Hebrews, justification, sanctification
Hebrews 10:14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified. We come to yet another passage of Scripture where we see the work of Christ in our lives as “already/not yet” He HAS perfected those who are being perfected…. He HAS sanctified those who are being sanctified… [...]
September 17 Hebrews 10:1-18
Posted: September 17, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Hebrews, September Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Hebrews, Scripture, September Bible Readings
September 17 Hebrews 10:1-18 (ESV) Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All 10:1 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not [...]
If you love the mercy of God and admit the misery of your own condition, you will love this.
Posted: September 16, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Hebrews, SeptemberTags: atoning sacrifice, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, forgiveness, Hebrews, If you love the mercy of God and admit the misery of your own condition you will love this., Jesus cleanses, Scripture
Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence [...]
September 16 Hebrews 9:11-28
Posted: September 16, 2011 by Pam Larson in Bible Passages, Hebrews, September Bible ReadingsTags: Bible, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Hebrews, Scripture, September 16 Hebrews 9:11-28, September Bible Readings
September 16 Hebrews 9:11-28 (ESV) Redemption Through the Blood of Christ 11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, [1] then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by [...]
When your conscience rises up and condemns you, where will you turn?
Posted: September 15, 2011 by Pam Larson in Devotionals/Commentaries, Hebrews, SeptemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, blood of Christ, clear conscience, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, forgiveness, grace, guilt conscience, Hebrews, Scripture, When your conscience rises up and condemns you where will you turn?
John Piper on Hebrews 9: So here we are in the modern age, the age of science, space travel—E-mail, heart transplants, instant replays, beepers, 911—and our problem is fundamentally the same as always: our consciences condemn us and make us feel unacceptable to God. We are alienated from God. We don’t feel good enough to [...]
