Hebrews 10:31-39
31 It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 Think back on those early days when you first learned about Christ. Remember how you remained faithful even though it meant terrible suffering. 33 Sometimes you were exposed to public ridicule and were beaten, and sometimes you helped others who were suffering the same things. 34 You suffered along with those who were thrown into jail, and when all you owned was taken from you, you accepted it with joy. You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever.
35 So do not throw away this confident trust in the Lord. Remember the great reward it brings you! 36 Patient endurance is what you need now, so that you will continue to do God’s will. Then you will receive all that he has promised.
37 “For in just a little while,
the Coming One will come and not delay.
38 And my righteous ones will live by faith.
But I will take no pleasure in anyone who turns away.”
39 But we are not like those who turn away from God to their own destruction. We are the faithful ones, whose souls will be saved.
Tori's Comments -
"You knew there were better things waiting for you that will last forever."
Wow. That in itself makes me feel like I could be doing better in my life. Complaining is worthless and a poor witness.
"confident trust" People should walk away from me wondering why I'm never worried or complaining. Why I seem otherwordly :)
Terrie's Comments -
Do not forget! remember to live with the passion you had in the beginning when you first placed your life in the hands of Jesus. That was many years ago for me... 35ish years. I have had periods in my life where passion poured out... I do try to keep that passion forefront and center in my life. What I need now is Patient Endurance so that I will continue to do God's will. I definitely don't want to be in a place when Jesus returns where I am sitting in selfish pride and wanting it my way instead of God's way just because. I don't want to be turned away. I do want to be faithful until the end and not give up on the hope I have in Jesus Christ
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Monday, June 20, 2016
Sunday, June 19, 2016
Day 19 - Hebrews 10:21 - 10:30
Hebrews 10:21-30
21 And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, 22 let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. 24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. 25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
26 Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins. 27 There is only the terrible expectation of God’s judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies. 28 For anyone who refused to obey the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God, and have treated the blood of the covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and have insulted and disdained the Holy Spirit who brings God’s mercy to us. 30 For we know the one who said,
“I will take revenge.
I will pay them back.”
He also said,
“The Lord will judge his own people.”
Terrie's Comments -
If we understand fully the old covenant, the one which Jesus Christ fulfilled all requirements of at the cross on our behalf. If we really get all that Jesus has saved us from and the hope that we have when we place total trust in what He did for us at Calvary. If we then choose to keep on doing things we know are against God's will then we are trampling on what Jesus did for us... spitting in His face. If you know who God is and then choose to deliberately sin against Him it is like you are treating something so precious, so rare, so Holy like it is common place. We are insulting the Holy Spirit who speaks to our mind and hearts about the things of God.
God's mercy, Jesus Blood, and the Holy Spirit's personal witness are so precious and are to be treated with highest respect, honor and praise. Let us not go to a place where they are taken for granted as common place in our lives. Let us always honor God's ways above our own.
Tori's Comments -
I find it interesting that he says we need to motivate one another to love and to do good. It almost makes me relieved that I'm not the only one who has trouble doing just that a lot of the time. And I mean a LOT of the time. But I know that joy spreads, it's contagious, and so is love. If it's stronger than hate, then I use that to fight back, but through conscientious choice.
Take our personal comments or leave them. We would love to hear what stood out to you about today`s passage and how it encouraged you. Tell us in the comments below!
21 And since we have a great High Priest who rules over God’s house, 22 let us go right into the presence of God with sincere hearts fully trusting him. For our guilty consciences have been sprinkled with Christ’s blood to make us clean, and our bodies have been washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm, for God can be trusted to keep his promise. 24 Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. 25 And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.
26 Dear friends, if we deliberately continue sinning after we have received knowledge of the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice that will cover these sins. 27 There is only the terrible expectation of God’s judgment and the raging fire that will consume his enemies. 28 For anyone who refused to obey the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 Just think how much worse the punishment will be for those who have trampled on the Son of God, and have treated the blood of the covenant, which made us holy, as if it were common and unholy, and have insulted and disdained the Holy Spirit who brings God’s mercy to us. 30 For we know the one who said,
“I will take revenge.
I will pay them back.”
He also said,
“The Lord will judge his own people.”
Terrie's Comments -
If we understand fully the old covenant, the one which Jesus Christ fulfilled all requirements of at the cross on our behalf. If we really get all that Jesus has saved us from and the hope that we have when we place total trust in what He did for us at Calvary. If we then choose to keep on doing things we know are against God's will then we are trampling on what Jesus did for us... spitting in His face. If you know who God is and then choose to deliberately sin against Him it is like you are treating something so precious, so rare, so Holy like it is common place. We are insulting the Holy Spirit who speaks to our mind and hearts about the things of God.
God's mercy, Jesus Blood, and the Holy Spirit's personal witness are so precious and are to be treated with highest respect, honor and praise. Let us not go to a place where they are taken for granted as common place in our lives. Let us always honor God's ways above our own.
Tori's Comments -
I find it interesting that he says we need to motivate one another to love and to do good. It almost makes me relieved that I'm not the only one who has trouble doing just that a lot of the time. And I mean a LOT of the time. But I know that joy spreads, it's contagious, and so is love. If it's stronger than hate, then I use that to fight back, but through conscientious choice.
Take our personal comments or leave them. We would love to hear what stood out to you about today`s passage and how it encouraged you. Tell us in the comments below!
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Day 18 - Hebrews 10:11 - 10:20
Hebrews 10:11-20
11 Under the old covenant, the priest stands and ministers before the altar day after day, offering the same sacrifices again and again, which can never take away sins. 12 But our High Priest offered himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time. Then he sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand. 13 There he waits until his enemies are humbled and made a footstool under his feet. 14 For by that one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy.
15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies that this is so. For he says,
16 “This is the new covenant I will make
with my people on that day, says the Lord:
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.”
17 Then he says,
“I will never again remember
their sins and lawless deeds.”
18 And when sins have been forgiven, there is no need to offer any more sacrifices.
19 And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. 20 By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place.
Tori's Comments -
So many things sticking out to me in this passage. First, that we are being made holy, but we're also already perfect (vs. 14) because we're covered by Jesus's righteousness. This kind of confuses me. Am I right in thinking it's saying that once we are saved, God begins shaping us like Jesus? Or am I totally off?
Next. We can BOLDLY (vs. 19) talk to God and confess and be free of guilt because we know the truth. Also, that Jesus gives life and that we're lucky enough to be able to use the new way Jesus has opened (vs. 20). Haha, this part of my bible is so highlighted because of all the beautiful phrases I keep finding!
Terrie's Comments -
I absolutely LOVE that this passage is so clear that Jesus has finished everything that needs to be done for us to enter boldly into the Most Holy Place... we, ourselves can enter without further sacrifice or shedding of anymore blood. It has been finished. There is no more need to offer anymore sacrifice. It also states quite clearly that God will never again remember our lawlessness or our sinless deeds.... this is great news. I know that I make mistakes on a daily basis and often fall short of God's perfection. I love that I can enter His throne room boldly without guilt or shame and the slate is already clean before Him because I enter clothed in the righteousness of Jesus Christ alone.
Take our personal comments or leave them. We would love to hear what stood out to you about today`s passage and how it encouraged you. Tell us in the comments below!
11 Under the old covenant, the priest stands and ministers before the altar day after day, offering the same sacrifices again and again, which can never take away sins. 12 But our High Priest offered himself to God as a single sacrifice for sins, good for all time. Then he sat down in the place of honor at God’s right hand. 13 There he waits until his enemies are humbled and made a footstool under his feet. 14 For by that one offering he forever made perfect those who are being made holy.
15 And the Holy Spirit also testifies that this is so. For he says,
16 “This is the new covenant I will make
with my people on that day, says the Lord:
I will put my laws in their hearts,
and I will write them on their minds.”
17 Then he says,
“I will never again remember
their sins and lawless deeds.”
18 And when sins have been forgiven, there is no need to offer any more sacrifices.
19 And so, dear brothers and sisters, we can boldly enter heaven’s Most Holy Place because of the blood of Jesus. 20 By his death, Jesus opened a new and life-giving way through the curtain into the Most Holy Place.
Tori's Comments -
So many things sticking out to me in this passage. First, that we are being made holy, but we're also already perfect (vs. 14) because we're covered by Jesus's righteousness. This kind of confuses me. Am I right in thinking it's saying that once we are saved, God begins shaping us like Jesus? Or am I totally off?
Next. We can BOLDLY (vs. 19) talk to God and confess and be free of guilt because we know the truth. Also, that Jesus gives life and that we're lucky enough to be able to use the new way Jesus has opened (vs. 20). Haha, this part of my bible is so highlighted because of all the beautiful phrases I keep finding!
Terrie's Comments -
I absolutely LOVE that this passage is so clear that Jesus has finished everything that needs to be done for us to enter boldly into the Most Holy Place... we, ourselves can enter without further sacrifice or shedding of anymore blood. It has been finished. There is no more need to offer anymore sacrifice. It also states quite clearly that God will never again remember our lawlessness or our sinless deeds.... this is great news. I know that I make mistakes on a daily basis and often fall short of God's perfection. I love that I can enter His throne room boldly without guilt or shame and the slate is already clean before Him because I enter clothed in the righteousness of Jesus Christ alone.
Take our personal comments or leave them. We would love to hear what stood out to you about today`s passage and how it encouraged you. Tell us in the comments below!
Friday, June 17, 2016
Day 17 - Hebrews 10:1 - 10:10
Hebrews 10:1-10
10 The old system under the law of Moses was only a shadow, a dim preview of the good things to come, not the good things themselves. The sacrifices under that system were repeated again and again, year after year, but they were never able to provide perfect cleansing for those who came to worship. 2 If they could have provided perfect cleansing, the sacrifices would have stopped, for the worshipers would have been purified once for all time, and their feelings of guilt would have disappeared.
3 But instead, those sacrifices actually reminded them of their sins year after year. 4 For it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. 5 That is why, when Christ came into the world, he said to God,
“You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings.
But you have given me a body to offer.
6 You were not pleased with burnt offerings
or other offerings for sin.
7 Then I said, ‘Look, I have come to do your will, O God—
as is written about me in the Scriptures.’”
8 First, Christ said, “You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings or burnt offerings or other offerings for sin, nor were you pleased with them” (though they are required by the law of Moses). 9 Then he said, “Look, I have come to do your will.” He cancels the first covenant in order to put the second into effect. 10 For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.
Terrie's Comments -
Under the first covenant Guilt from sin was emphasized year after year. They were reminded every year when they came to worship of the guilt. Under the new covenant we are HOLY by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time. We are free from our guilt! And again the writer says "He cancels the first covenant in order to put the second one into effect". I don't think Hebrews can be any more clear that the first covenant isn't in effect anymore. We are under a completely different covenant that is WAY BETTER.
Tori's Comments -
"and their feelings of guilt would have disappeared" (vs.2) WHOAAAAA. So we should feel no guilt anymore, we're free from the law, from...everything that weighs us down despite our new life in Christ. That gives me such hope!! :)
Take our personal comments or leave them. We would love to hear what stood out to you about today`s passage and how it encouraged you. Tell us in the comments below!
10 The old system under the law of Moses was only a shadow, a dim preview of the good things to come, not the good things themselves. The sacrifices under that system were repeated again and again, year after year, but they were never able to provide perfect cleansing for those who came to worship. 2 If they could have provided perfect cleansing, the sacrifices would have stopped, for the worshipers would have been purified once for all time, and their feelings of guilt would have disappeared.
3 But instead, those sacrifices actually reminded them of their sins year after year. 4 For it is not possible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. 5 That is why, when Christ came into the world, he said to God,
“You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings.
But you have given me a body to offer.
6 You were not pleased with burnt offerings
or other offerings for sin.
7 Then I said, ‘Look, I have come to do your will, O God—
as is written about me in the Scriptures.’”
8 First, Christ said, “You did not want animal sacrifices or sin offerings or burnt offerings or other offerings for sin, nor were you pleased with them” (though they are required by the law of Moses). 9 Then he said, “Look, I have come to do your will.” He cancels the first covenant in order to put the second into effect. 10 For God’s will was for us to be made holy by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time.
Terrie's Comments -
Under the first covenant Guilt from sin was emphasized year after year. They were reminded every year when they came to worship of the guilt. Under the new covenant we are HOLY by the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ, once for all time. We are free from our guilt! And again the writer says "He cancels the first covenant in order to put the second one into effect". I don't think Hebrews can be any more clear that the first covenant isn't in effect anymore. We are under a completely different covenant that is WAY BETTER.
Tori's Comments -
"and their feelings of guilt would have disappeared" (vs.2) WHOAAAAA. So we should feel no guilt anymore, we're free from the law, from...everything that weighs us down despite our new life in Christ. That gives me such hope!! :)
Take our personal comments or leave them. We would love to hear what stood out to you about today`s passage and how it encouraged you. Tell us in the comments below!
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