Tell City Nazarene Church's Biblical Journey
With Pastor Charles Areson
Today's reading is Hebrews 9-12
Here again in chapter ten the author is saying that the Old Testament systems and sacrifices are not enough to make people pure. The author again says they were symbols of what was to come. Jesus work did not need to be repeated but his work only needed once to take care of what we need to be made holy.
The next part of this chapter gives a call to preserve in the Christian life. The write says we need to live right and to encourage one another to live right (verse 24). In this context, we find the admonishment keep meeting together as believers or to put it more simply, keep going to church regularly.
After the admonition to live faithfully in Christ, we are given a warning that if the knowledge of Christ doesn’t change us then there isn’t anything else for us to look to. There are no other ways to salvation according to scripture, no other way to get right with God. The author warns that God’s judgment fell on those who ignored the Old Testament commands then it's going to be worse for those who ignore Jesus.
Finally, we are commanded to live by faith, which shall be shown by example in the next chapter and a warning that if we stop we will be destroyed, ouch.
The one thing that stands out to me at this time is the promise of verse 36, a reminder that our present problems are not all there is, “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.” (NLT).
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