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ROMANS 7:14–25 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? (Romans 7:24). If God is holy and man is sinful, what hope is there for man? This is the problem Martin Luther wrestled with for years. It drove him to despair. It caused him to cry out on … Continue reading “THE INSANITY OF LUTHER”

HEBREWS 10:23–25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching (Heb. 10:25). The final three exhortations of Hebrews 10:22–25 have to do with living together in the church. We are told in verse … Continue reading “WORSHIP AND FELLOWSHIP”

HEBREWS 10:26–31 If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left (Heb. 10:26). Once again the author of Hebrews warns us not to fall away. The awful threats of Hebrews 10:26–31 follow immediately after an exhortation to keep assembling with the body of … Continue reading “APOSTASY AND JUDGMENT”

ISAIAH 6:1–4 And they were calling to one another, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of His glory” (Isaiah 6:3). Hebrews 10:31 says that “it is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” Today we take a break from our study of Hebrews to … Continue reading “THE IMPORTANCE OF HOLINESS”

HEBREWS 10:11–18 This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds (Hebrews 10:16, quoting Jeremiah 31:33). In 1 Chronicles 28:2, David says concerning the temple: “I had it in my heart to build … Continue reading “THE MERCY SEAT”

HEBREWS 10:19–22 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place [the Holy of Holies] by the blood of Jesus … (Heb. 10:19). We now arrive at the transition in the epistle to the Hebrews. Up through chapter 10 verse 18, the author has been laying out his doctrinal foundations, while making … Continue reading “BOLDNESS TO ENTER”

HEBREWS 10:23–25 Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful (Heb. 10:23). As the application section of Hebrews gets underway, the author gives us five exhortations in 10:22–25. The first, “Let us draw near,” we considered yesterday. Today we consider the second, “Let us hold to our hope.” … Continue reading “HOLDING TO THE HOPE”

HEBREWS 9:16–28 It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these (Hebrews 9:23). Today, returning to Hebrews, we consider the second part of chapter 9. This passage tells us that the covenant, the bond between God and … Continue reading “TYPE AND FULFILLMENT”

HEBREWS 10:1–7 Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said, “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me” (Hebrews 10:5). The author of Hebrews teaches that because His death paid the price for sin, Jesus suffered once and for all. The animals of the old covenant died year … Continue reading “THE OBSCENITY OF THE CROSS”

HEBREWS 10:5–14 But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God (Hebrews 10:12). Hebrews 10:11–14 returns at last to the theme of the Melchizedekian priesthood of Jesus. The author points out that the priests of the law never sat down in God’s … Continue reading “THE SEATED PRIEST”