September 2 Hebrews 1:10-14 (ESV) 10 And, “You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands; 11 they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment, 12 like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. [1] … More September 2 Hebrews 1:10-14
Today we begin reading Hebrews in our Bible reading plan. Hebrews 1:1-2 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created … More God is not silent or withdrawn
September 1 Hebrews 1:1-9 (ESV) The Supremacy of God’s Son 1:1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. … More September 1 Hebrews 1:1-9
Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom … More Our Great Shepherd gives us what we need
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. John Piper comments, in a sermon “Jesus Christ is the Same Yesterday and Today and Forever” Why does it matter that the Jesus Christ of today be the same as the Jesus Christ of yesterday and tomorrow? Let me try to put the significance … More He is the same
John Piper, in a sermon from Hebrew 12 “A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken” Before the end of this age, God is giving to everyone who believes in his Son a kingdom that cannot be shaken and will never end. This is the message of the whole Bible. But to see it we should look … More Unshakeable kingdom
But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and … More Contrast: The voice of the mediator
Hebrews 11:39-40 And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised, since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect. John Piper, in a sermon “Running With the Witnesses” I take verse 39 to mean that when the believers in the … More Running the marathon route
Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life. Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of … More God does not always work miracles and acts of providence for our deliverance from suffering
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 … More By faith we understand and by grace we see
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