Hebrews 10:1-10 Click on link to read passage. You may select your own version of the Bible after the link opens. The book of Hebrews continues to remind us that we only see a shadow of the good things in store for us. These reminders are intriguing to those who stop and consider them. The sacrifices of the Old Testament brought temporary forgiveness but not a change of heart. What God really wants is the kind of repentance that
Hebrews 9:25-28 Click on link to read passage. You may select your own version of the Bible after the link opens. In the old covenant the high priest had to offer sarifices again and again for the people’s sins. But Jesus only had to pay the price once for all the sins of mankind. We too will die once and face judgement. Praise God, Jesus has already borne the penalty for our sins! He will come again, but his second coming
Hebrews 9:16-24 Click on link to read passage. You may select your own version of the Bible after the link opens. Why did Jesus have to die? In his death he became our perfet sacrifice for our sins. As in a will, his death also made our inheritance available to us. In the Old Testament, the blood was sprinkled in the tabernacle and on everything used in its ceremonies. The shedding of blood was a requirement for forgiveness. The
Hebrews 9:11-15 Click on link to read passage. You may select your own version of the Bible after the link opens. How blessed we are to live under the new covenant! The sacrifices of the old covenant were temporary. They could only make people outwardly clean. But Jesus became both our sacrificial lamb and our high priest. Because of Jesus’ sinless life, he could be our perfect sacrifice. Only Jesus can cleanse our hearts and change us from the inside out. Only
Today’s passage is taken out of the account of Jesus’ encounter with the woman at the well. John 4:21-26 Click on link to read passage. You may select your own version of the Bible after the link opens. The entire passage of the encounter between Jesus and the woman at the well is found in John 4:1-42 Jesus had been talking with the Samaritan woman long enough for her to realize that he was more than a mere man.