Reading Time: 2 minutes
What warnings does the writer give to people who remain in their spiritual immaturity and don’t grow up?
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Nov. 7 | Hold Firm to the End
Reading Time: 4 minutes
A heart that becomes hard can all too quickly become unbelieving. A hard heart can test the Lord, but an unbelieving heart can cause a person to turn away from God.
Nov. 7 | Application
Reading Time: 3 minutes
The book of Hebrews urges us to stick with our faith. Hebrews 3:14 says, “We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the very end.”
Nov. 7 | Discovery
Reading Time: 2 minutes
How would the story from the Israelites’ wandering in the desert help the New Testament church not turn away from God?
Oct. 31 | Both Priest and Sacrifice
Reading Time: 4 minutes
Under the Old Covenant, priests would bring animals to the tabernacle and sacrifice them. By contrast, the Messiah not only administers the sacrifice, he is the sacrifice.
Oct. 31 | Application
Reading Time: 3 minutes
God puts together some unexpected combinations. Lions and lambs, for example. And what about Jesus Christ, who is both sacrifice and sacrificer, the gift and the giver?
Oct. 31 | Discovery
Reading Time: 2 minutes
What is the difference between being made “outwardly clean” and having our consciences cleansed?
Oct. 24 | High Priest in a New Covenant
Reading Time: 4 minutes
This text (Hebrews 8:1–9:10) is at the heart of the writer’s argument about how the high priesthood of Jesus interfaces with the old and New Covenants.
Oct. 24 | Application
Reading Time: 3 minutes
David Faust writes, “Today we face a dizzying array of cultural changes—with shifts occurring not only in technology and style, but in substantive matters like worldviews, ethics, and how to understand the Bible . . .”