Hebrews

to obey is better than sacrifice / obedience is better than sacrifice * December 20, 2019 – Friday Hebrews 11:8  NIV 8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going. Comments This chapter of Hebrews is about faith and how By faith so much was done. The first occurrence is in verse three where we read of creation  By faith we understand that…

to obey is better than sacrifice / obedience is better than sacrifice * December 19, 2019 – Thursday Hebrews 5:7-10 NIV 7 During the days of Jesus’ life on earth, He offered up prayers and petitions with fervent cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission. 8 Son though He was, He learned obedience from what He suffered 9 and, once made perfect, He became the source…

to obey is better than sacrifice / obedience is better than sacrifice * December 18, 2019 – Wednesday Hebrews 4:9-11  NIV 9 There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God;  10 for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from His.  11 Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience. Comments Continuing from yesterday, we see one more example of how…

to obey is better than sacrifice / obedience is better than sacrifice * December 17, 2019 – Tuesday   Hebrews 4:4-7a  NIV 4 For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in these words: “On the seventh day God rested from all His works.” (Genesis 2:2)  5 And again in the passage above He says, “They shall never enter My rest.” 6 Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to…

to obey is better than sacrifice / obedience is better than sacrifice * December 16, 2019 – Monday Hebrews 4:1-3  NIV 1  Therefore, since the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it.  2 For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith…

to obey is better than sacrifice / obedience is better than sacrifice * December 13, 2019 – Friday Hebrews 3:16-19  NIV 16 Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?  17 And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness?  18 And to whom did God swear that they would never enter His rest if not to those who disobeyed?  19 So we…

to obey is better than sacrifice / obedience is better than sacrifice * December 12, 2019 – Thursday Hebrews 2:1-4  NIV 1 We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.  2 For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment,  3 how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed…