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Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 9:15 NLT
That is why he is the one who mediates a new covenant between God and people, so that all who are called can receive the eternal inheritance God has promised them. For Christ died to set them free from the penalty of the sins they had committed under that first covenant.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 9:14 NLT
Just think how much more the blood of Christ will purify our consciences from sinful deeds so that we can worship the living God. For by the power of the eternal Spirit, Christ offered himself to God as a perfect sacrifice for our sins.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 9:11-12 NLT
So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands and is not part of this created world. With his own blood—not the blood of goats and calves—he entered the Most Holy Place once for all time and secured our redemption forever.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 7:28 NLT
The law appointed high priests who were limited by human weakness. But after the law was given, God appointed his Son with an oath, and his Son has been made the perfect High Priest forever.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 7:27 NLT
Unlike those other high priests, he does not need to offer sacrifices every day. They did this for their own sins first and then for the sins of the people. But Jesus did this once for all when he offered himself as the sacrifice for the people’s sins.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 7:26 NLT
He is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has been set apart from sinners and has been given the highest place of honor in heaven.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 7:25 NLT
Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 7:24 NLT
But because Jesus lives forever, his priesthood lasts forever.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 7:21-22 NLT
but there was an oath regarding Jesus. For God said to him, “The LORD has taken an oath and will not break his vow: ‘You are a priest forever.’” Because of this oath, Jesus is the one who guarantees this better covenant with God.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 7:19 NLT
For the law never made anything perfect. But now we have confidence in a better hope, through which we draw near to God.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 7:16 NLT
Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 7:8 NLT
The priests who collect tithes are men who die, so Melchizedek is greater than they are, because we are told that he lives on.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 7:7 NLT
And without question, the person who has the power to give a blessing is greater than the one who is blessed.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 6:7-8 NLT
When the ground soaks up the falling rain and bears a good crop for the farmer, it has God’s blessing. But if a field bears thorns and thistles, it is useless. The farmer will soon condemn that field and burn it.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 6:6 NLT
and who then turn away from God. It is impossible to bring such people back to repentance; by rejecting the Son of God, they themselves are nailing him to the cross once again and holding him up to public shame.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 5:14 NLT
Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 5:12 NLT
You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word. You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 5:8 NLT
Even though Jesus was God’s Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 5:7 NLT
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.
Nov 16
Tawnya Reynolds
highlighted Hebrews 5:6 NLT
And in another passage God said to him, “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
Nov 16