“we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus…let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works”
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Hebrews 6-7
God, who cannot lie and who is unchangeable, swore an oath to Abraham that he would be blessed. “We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf”. We have a hope with direct access to God, behind that curtain separating the most holy place. Jesus, “a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners, and exalted above the heavens” is the one through whom we have this hope.
Jesus “is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.” So let’s draw near to God, confident and sure in our hope that was promised by a God that cannot lie. What will you do to draw near to God today?
Hebrews 3-5
The author of Hebrews makes several mentions of confidence in our readings today. “Christ is faithful over God’s house as a son. And we are his house if indeed we hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.” Again, “hold our original confidence firm to the end.” We know that God is faithful, His promises will be fulfilled, and we can have confidence in being part of them if we also remain faithful.
Let’s hear God, listen by faith, and be among those who enter into the rest
“Take care, brothers… exhort one another every day, as long as it is called today, that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.” Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, strengthened by the living and active word of God. We can have confidence to “draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.”
Hebrews 1-2
“God has spoken to us by His son…the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of His nature”. Jesus, the perfect representation of God’s character, made just a little lower than the angels, is not ashamed to call us his brothers. He is “a merciful and faithful high priest…for because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.”
Paul wrote this letter to encourage believers in their time of trial, and it has the same impact on us today. It describes the incredible love of God in giving His only son, and the amazing self-sacrificing love that Christ has for us. We are never alone in our struggle against sin, and we know that the power of death has been destroyed through Christ’s sacrifice.