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 … More September 17 Hebrews 10:1-18
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 … More Why does the heavenly holy place need to be cleansed?
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 … More September 16 Hebrews 9:11-28
….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 living God. —Hebrews 9:14 (read verses 1-10 in our Bible reading plan.) John Piper on Hebrews 9: So here we are in the modern age, the age … More The only answer to a guilty conscience
September 15 Hebrews 9:1-10 (ESV) The Earthly Holy Place 9:1 Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness. 2 For a tent [1] was prepared, the first section, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence. [2] It is called the Holy Place. 3 Behind the second … More September 15 Hebrews 9:1-10
In a sermon on Hebrews 8, (part of our Bible reading plan today), John Piper gives wisdom when we come to something in the Bible that is “old and strange and foreign” to us. It’s almost inevitable that people who live in the modern world of computers and jets and television and antibiotics will read … More How do you deal with the old and strange and culturally foreign stuff in the Bible?
September 14 Hebrews 8:7-13 (ESV) 7 For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second. 8 For he finds fault with them when he says: [1] “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with … More September 14 Hebrews 8:7-13
Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, a minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man. For every high priest is appointed to … More It is finished and He is seated!
September 13 Hebrews 8:1-6 (ESV) Jesus, High Priest of a Better Covenant 8:1 Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2 a minister in the holy places, in the true tent [1] that … More September 13 Hebrews 8:1-6
Hebrews 7:25 Consequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them. (Read Hebrews 7:11-28 in our reading plan) John Piper, in a sermon on Hebrews 7, “Jesus: From Melchizedek to Eternal Savior” Verses 1-24 may be complex and difficult … More Saved to the uttermost!
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