GOD TAKES NO PLEASURE IN DEATH The prophet Ezekiel recorded Gods response to Israels false accusations against Him. For they accused God of being unjust and taking pleasure in their demise. They accused Him of holding the sons responsible for the sins of the fathers. They accused God of being unfair in His treatment of

THE NEW COVENANT THROUGH JESUS Quoting Jeremiah 31:31-34, the book of Hebrews explained why the new covenant superceded the old. The old covenant, which was the law mediated through Moses, was written on stone tablets. But the new covenant, which is by the grace of God through Jesus, is written on human hearts. The purpose

THE SUPREME SUFFICIENCY OF CHRISTS SACRIFICE Hebrews contrasts the daily offerings of Levitical priests with the once for all offering of Christ Jesus. The reason for daily sacrifices by the sons of Aaron are several. First, they themselves are sinful and must offer daily sacrifices first for their own sins. Second, since they are prevented

JESUS, OUR ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST Quoting Psalm 110:4 (You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek), the book of Hebrews declares Jesus to be the fulfillment of this messianic prophecy. Jesus is our eternal high priest. Melchizedek is a Christological type, foreshadowing Jesus the Messiah.   Melchizedek, whose name means King of Righteousness,

HAVE YOU BECOME SPIRITUALLY LAZY? There are some of us who after hearing and believing the gospel become sluggish and slothful in loving others and living for Christ. How can this be since we are assured of inheriting Gods promises? Perhaps it is because we misunderstand our faith, thinking we can hold it passively, when

FIVE WORDS FOR WORSHIPING THE LORD There are five words for worshiping the Lord given in the first two verses of Psalms 105. Do you see them?   Five words for worshiping: 1) THANKS Give God gratitude for everything. Bring your tithes and offerings into His house with thanksgiving. 2) CALL Call on

JESUS, OUR GREAT HIGH PRIEST Jesus is our Great High Priest. He is well acquainted with all of our weaknesses because he has experienced them too. Therefore, we can pray with boldness in the name of Jesus, knowing that He sympathizes and will represent us before the Father. Jesus has opened the way for us,

HARD HEART OR HEARING HEART? This verse is a quotation of Psalm 95:8. It was a reference to Israels forty years of wilderness wanderings because of their unbelief. They did not believe Gods promise to give them the Promised Land when ten of the twelve spies brought back a negative report. They rebelled against God

THE SIZE OF GODS MERCY David attempted to describe the size of Gods mercy by comparing it to the heavens and earth. He imagined the height of Gods mercy as rising as high as the heavens, and the breadth of His mercy being as wide as the east is from the west.   Yet in

OUR SUPREME PROPHET, PRIEST AND KING This Hebrews passage has been called one of the four pillars of Christology. The other three are found in John 1, Philippians 2, and Colossians 1. Together, these four passages reveal much of what theologians consider central to the study of Christ.   Hebrews makes much of the supremacy