Tag Archives: Hebrews

“And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.” (Hebrews 10:24–25, KJV 1900) I have been involved in churches since 1983, someContinue reading “Gathering (Hebrews 10:24-25)”

“Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)” (Hebrews 10:23, KJV 1900) When I was a young adult, my dad organized a fishing trip to the Chesapeake Bay for striped bass with a group of his fishing buddies. When we arrived at the spot, it wasContinue reading “Holding Fast (Hebrews 10:23)”

“Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.” (Hebrews 10:22, KJV 1900) One time I received a promotion from the position of plant engineer to plant manager in a large printing plant. Yes, I wasContinue reading “Since . . . Let us (Hebrews 10:19-24)”

“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;” (Hebrews 10:19–20, KJV 1900) When I lived up in New Hampshire, one of the things I noticed was that inContinue reading “Opening the Curtain (Hebrews 10:19-20)”

“Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;” (Hebrews 10:19–20, KJV 1900) In nearly all my adult life, from being a military officer, to a manager in industry,Continue reading “Confidence (Hebrews 10:19-21)”

“Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.” (Hebrews 10:18, KJV 1900) Once something is paid it is paid. Years ago, I worked for a company in Zurich Switzerland as Manager of Engineering and Service in their U.S. field service office. One of the companies to which we sold aContinue reading “Paid in Full (Hebrews 10:18)”

“Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,” (Hebrews 10:15, KJV 1900) One of my assignments in the Army was as a Company Executive Officer in a tank battalion. Once, while on a field exercise one of our tanks broke down and needed to be towedContinue reading “The Witness (Hebrews 10:15-17)”

“From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” (Hebrews 10:13–14, KJV 1900) Since the fall, the world has been full of injustices. Lawless people have always taken advantage of others. A conman takes an elderly widow’s savings. The business manContinue reading “Footstool (Hebrews 10:13-14)”

“But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God . . . For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.” (Hebrews 10:13-14, KJV 1900) One of Newton’s laws of motion is that “For every action there is anContinue reading “A Single Act (Hebrews 10:11-14)”

“By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.” (Hebrews 10:10, KJV 1900) When I joined the military in 1974, I was set apart as an officer and soldier in the United States Army. Yet, I was still far from being able to serve inContinue reading “Holiness (Hebrews 10:10, 14)”