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In this way, God qualified him as a perfect High Priest, and he became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey him.

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While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God.

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highlighted Hebrews 5:6 NLT

And in another passage God said to him, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

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highlighted Hebrews 5:5 NLT

That is why Christ did not honor himself by assuming he could become High Priest. No, he was chosen by God, who said to him, “You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.”

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highlighted Hebrews 5:4 NLT

And no one can become a high priest simply because he wants such an honor. He must be called by God for this work, just as Aaron was.

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highlighted Hebrews 5:2-3 NLT

And he is able to deal gently with ignorant and wayward people because he himself is subject to the same weaknesses.

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highlighted Hebrews 5:1 NLT

Every high priest is a man chosen to represent other people in their dealings with God. He presents their gifts to God and offers sacrifices for their sins.

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read Hebrews 4

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it....

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highlighted Hebrews 4:15-16 NLT

This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.

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highlighted Hebrews 4:14 NLT

So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.

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highlighted Hebrews 4:12-13 NLT

For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.

over 10 years ago

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highlighted Hebrews 4:11 NLT

So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.

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highlighted Hebrews 4:9-10 NLT

So there is a special rest still waiting for the people of God.

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highlighted Hebrews 4:7 NLT

So God set another time for entering his rest, and that time is today. God announced this through David much later in the words already quoted: “Today when you hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts.”

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highlighted Hebrews 4:6 NLT

So God’s rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God.

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read Psalms 128

A Song of Ascents. Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, who walks in his ways!...

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highlighted Psalms 128:1-2 NASB

aHow blessed is everyone who fears the Lord, Who bwalks in His ways.

over 10 years ago

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read 1 Kings 8

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' houses of the people of Israel, before King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion....

over 10 years ago

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highlighted 1 Kings 8:66 NLT

After the festival was over, Solomon sent the people home. They blessed the king and went to their homes joyful and glad because the LORD had been good to his servant David and to his people Israel.

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highlighted 1 Kings 8:65 NLT

Then Solomon and all Israel celebrated the Festival of Shelters in the presence of the LORD our God. A large congregation had gathered from as far away as Lebo-hamath in the north and the Brook of Egypt in the south. The celebration went on for fourteen days in all—seven days for the dedication of the altar and seven days for the Festival of Shelters.

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