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…another way, we must come to the place in our lives when we realize that we cannot please God on our own. The only way to please God is to trust in His Son (John 6:29, 40; Galatians 2:20). We should never trust in our own righteousness to obtain a right standing with God. There is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus (Romans 8:1) We are perfected forever (Hebrews 10:14). Thus, our standing with God is secure….

…3:17. As to your question, I believe that transubstantiation is wrong. The doctrine teaches that the bread and wine become the actual body and blood of Jesus. This means that every time one takes communion, we are again breaking His body and drinking His blood. The writer to the Hebrews tells us that Jesus offered Himself once, for all, having entered heaven with His blood, and finished the work. The writer to Hebrews seems to state that the re-sacrifice of…

…another. Jesus referred to Himself as the great I Am, in John 8:58, the One who existed before Abraham (see Exodus 3:14). The writer to the Hebrews called Jesus the “brightness of [God’s] glory and the expresss image of [God’s] person (Hebrews 1:3). Paul says in Phillipians 2:6 that Jesus was in the form of God but became human for us. Thus, the reason why Jesus is over everything is that He is God. He is the creator of all…

…with the high hand and the passage in Hebrews 10:26-31, where we are told that those who sin willfully have no more offering for sin, but a certain fearful apprehension of judgment. Notice, however, neither the Hebrews passage nor the Numbers passage state directly that there is no forgiveness for deliberate sins. (For more information on the Hebrews passage, please see Does God Want Me Back?) A conclusion that deliberate sins cannot be forgiven is simply bad theology and is…

…three aspects. It is work that was completed in Christ (1 Corinthians 1:30 – Christ has become for us our sanctification; 6:11 – we have been sanctified; Hebrews 10:10 – we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ). It is our present work of life in setting ourselves apart to God (1 Thessalonians 4:3-7). It is a future work to be performed at Christ’s return (1 Thessalonians 5:23). Many pastors and Christian authors, when they…

…on God. But that we should engage in the work is established throughout Scripture. Further, the view that it is impossible to please God is far from Biblical theology. Hebrews 11:6 tells us that without faith it is impossible to please God. But the opposite is also true. With faith, it is possible to please God. Over and over, we are told that we can please God. Hebrews 13:16 tells us that we can please God by offering praise to…

…Jesus to His people. The Holy Spirit has done so through the holy apostles. Thus, in the words of the author of the book of Hebrews, the apostles confirmed to us the word spoken by the Lord (Hebrews 2:3-4). When the Thessalonians listened to the apostle Paul, they received his words as the very word of God (1 Thessalonians 2:13). The apostle Peter reminds the believers to be mindful of the commandments of the apostles of the Lord and Savior…

…the rest of us. The writer of Hebrews tells us that the Jewish ceremonies for propitiation were merely symbolic types of what Jesus did, and that Jesus appeared with His own blood once to obtain eternal redemption (Hebrews 9:12). So, while your Jewish source is partially right, and it is true that we can now obtain eternal redemption by simply asking in prayer, the reason that this is possible is because God Himself made atonement for us through Jesus Christ,…

Question from a Site Viewer Hebrews 12 says to strive for peach with everyone. I have wronged many people in my past, and I don’t even know how to get in touch with of all of them. I want to be sure I am saved as Hebrews 12:14 seems to say that reconciliation is needed for us to see the Lord. Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. Hebrews 12:14…

…the experience of closeness with our God. There is a sweet spot where we talk to Him and He talks to us and life seems only to get better. Yet, there is a truth that we all know. God tests the righteous (Psalm 11:5; Jeremiah 20:12) and disciplines or trains those who are His (Hebrews 12:5-8). Which of the saints of God have not gone through periods of testing? Testing is to make us stronger. God wants to see that…