Tag Archives: Hebrews

14 We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the confidence we had at first.One of the marks of a Believer is their ability to continue believing even in the face of difficult circumstances. It is this ability to continue that is so important. Salvation starts at a momentContinue reading “4Nov 2010 Heb 2:14”

13 But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called Today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness. I don’t know about you, but I need daily encouragement. Depression is on the rise. It seems as though the American Dream is just that, a dream. And in all ourContinue reading “3Nov 2010 Heb 2:13”

12 See to it, brothers, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. We have a responsibility to determine the direction of our hearts, whether we are following after God, or following after something else. The writer of Hebrews has just finished telling of account of theContinue reading “2Nov 2010 Heb 2:12”

14 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— 15 and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.Jesus’ death and resurrection have the powerContinue reading “30Oct 2010 Heb 2:14-15”

11 Both the one who makes men holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.Jesus added humanity to His being at the incarnation. Nothing was subtracted. He did not lose His divinity, He added something He did not have before. He didContinue reading “29Oct 2010 Heb 2:11”

1We must pay more careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. There is a possibility of drifting away from the Lord. We can also drift away from our spouses over time. In each case we start the relationship with a promise to stay faithful, no matter whatContinue reading “27Oct 2010 Heb 2:1”

19 We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. I don’t know about you, but circumstances can sometimes make me seasick. In the middle of storms we long from solid ground. At times it can seem that everything we thought was solid, firm and secure is moving and transient. WhenContinue reading “11July2010 Hebrews 6:19a”

4 By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead. Even after death our lives can speak, and do speak a message to future generations. JustContinue reading “17Sep2009 Hebrews 11:4”

19 I particularly urge you to pray so that I may be restored to you soon. I think we all get impatient at times. Even in prayer we can get impatient. We want the answer now rather than later, sooner rather than delayed. We want a ‘yes’ rather than a ‘no’ or a ‘wait’, orContinue reading “10Oct2008 Heb 13:19”

5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.” We are not to live lives that center on money. Our lives need to center on eternal things, our relationship with God and ourContinue reading “9Oct2008 Heb 13:5”