The bible talks about this idea of High Priests, but who were they and what did they do? And why was it important that Jesus is seen as the High Priest?

In chapter 4 of Hebrews we see the concept of resting in God's completed work. This means that God has accomplished all that needed to be done for our salvation so we can rest in it. We need to be transformed by it but can rest in it.

Hebrews is known as the hall of faith book. The pillars of faith throughout the Old Testament all have something powerful and special about them, but none of them are good enough to replace Jesus. They are servants. Jesus is the Son.

Hebrews is a letter written to bolster the faith of the people who read it. Jesus is the example and the encouragement of who we are called to be and the sacrifice who paid for the wrongs we commit when we don't do it right.

As we open a new book we take a few minutes to look at the background stuff. This will help set the rest of the book up to be more easily understood.

As we wrap up the book of Acts, we meet Paul sharing why he is where he is and whose opinion matters most to him. Then gives a pretty scathing answer to the Jewish leaders of his day!

Paul is headed to Rome when a storm hits. So the world's answer when in a storm is to throw everything and everyone overboard. But what is God's answer?

When Paul is on trial he chooses not to defend himself but give witness to who Jesus is and why he follows Jesus.

In today's episode we're going to step away from Acts 25 (still read it!) and we're going to focus on the missionary journeys of Paul for a minute to see where he went and with whom. Hopefully this helps a little with all of the pronouns we see used in these chapters.

Paul is in prison because they didn't know what else to do with him. When our views come before God's Word then we bring division. Keep grounded in the word.