Daily Grace
We Can Enter God’s Rest
“There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his” (Hebrews 4:9-10). God rested when He had completed His work of creation. “By the seventh day God had finished the work...
Encouragement is a Safeguard against Sin
“But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness” (Hebrews 3:13). Sin is deceitful. The word “deceitfulness” means that sin gives a false impression. It promises more than it can deliver. It...
Jesus is at the Highest Place
“ ‘Moses was faithful as a servant in all God's house,’ bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory ”...
Fix Your Thoughts on Jesus
“Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest.” (Hebrews 3:1). There are many things that demand our attention. We live in a world that is filled with...
Jesus Broke the Power of Death
“Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death” (Hebrews...
A Part of His Holy Family
“Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters” (Hebrews 2:11). Jesus is the One who makes us holy. When we face the question of true holiness it is important to realize...
Jesus Died in Our Place
“But we do see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone” (Hebrews 2:9). The writer of Hebrews observed that we, at present,...
The Danger of Drift
“We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away….How shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard him” (Hebrews...
The Joy of Righteousness
“You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions by anointing you with the oil of joy” (Hebrews 1:9). This verse us easily misunderstood by many because it isn’t what we expect to hear. It is especially...