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Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: The New Covenant Is Here (8:8-13)

For he finds fault with them when he says: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant

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Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: Type and Shadow (8:1-7)

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

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Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: Planned Changes (7:11-28)

Now if perfection had been attainable through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people received the law), what further need would there have been for another priest to arise after the order of

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Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: Our Melchizedekian Priest (7:1-10)

For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is

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Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: Anchor for the Soul (6:13-20)

For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” And thus Abraham, having patiently waited,

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Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: The Unpardonable Sin (6:1-12)

Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the

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Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: Don’t Be Such a Baby (5:11-14)

About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles

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Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: Superior to Aaron’s Priesthood (5:1-10)

For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself

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Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: Bless Me Jesus, for I Have Sinned (4:14-16)

Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our

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Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: Striving vs Working (4:11-13)

Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division

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Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: Work Harder? (4:1-10)

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard

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Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: Don’t Harden Your Heart (3:7-19)

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness, where your fathers put me to the test and

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Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: Superior to Moses (3:1-6)

Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful

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Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: His Reason for Brotherhood (2:14-18)

Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver

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Daily Thoughts from Hebrews: Jesus Our Brother (2:10-13)

For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder of their salvation perfect through suffering. For he who sanctifies and those

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