Hello and welcome
to His Words are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer and today we're
reading from the book of Hebrews
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but before we begin to
read together, let's pray.
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Dear Jesus, thank you for
loving us. Thank you for dieing
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for us that you could save
us to live with you eternally.
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But thank you right now, today,
that in addition to eternal life
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that you will enjoy with us,
you have given us these words
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that will make this present
live a life of peace and joy
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through your grace and mercy.
May we always abide in you
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and in your word. Be with us now
as we read. We love you so much.
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Thank you for loving us. Amen.
Again, I'm reading from the book
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of Hebrews, in chapter three.
And when we were last together,
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the writer was talking about, in
the voice of God, saying, that
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how than in past generations
those who turned from Him
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grieved him; because they did
not know his ways, and they did
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not care to
follow his teachings.
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Picking up in
chapter three, verse eleven,
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So I sware in my wrath they
shall not enter into my rest.
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Take heed brethren, lest there
be any in of you an evil heart
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of unbelief, in departing from
the living God. But exhort one
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another daily, while it is
called Today; lest any of you be
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hardened through the
deceitfulness of sin.
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For we are made partakers of
Christ, if we hold the beginning
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of our confidence steadfast
unto the end; While it is said,
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Today if ye will hear his
voice, harden not your hearts,
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as in the provocation.
For some, when they had heard,
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did provoke: howbeit not all
that came out of Egypt by Moses.
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but with some was he grieved
forty years? was it not with
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them that had sinned,
whose carcasses fell in the
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wilderness? And to whom sware he
that they should not enter into
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his rest, but to them that
believed not? So we see that
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they could not enter in because
of unbelief. Continuing in
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Hebrews chapter 4. Let us
therefore fear, lest, a promise
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being left us of entering into
his rest, any of you should seem
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to come short of it. For unto us
was the gospel preached, as well
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as unto them: but the word
preached did not profit them,
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not being mixed with faith in
them that heard it. For we which
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have believed do enter
into rest, as he said, As I have
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sworn in my wrath, if they shall
enter into my rest: although the
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works were finished from
the foundation of the world.
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For he spake in a certain place
of the seventh day on this wise,
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and God did rest the
seventh day from all his works.
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And in this place again, If
they shall enter into my rest.
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Seeing therefore it remaineth
that some must enter therein,
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and they to whom it was
first preached entered not in
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because of unbelief: Again he
limiteth a certain day, saying,
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in David, Today, after so long
a time; as it is said, Today,
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if ye will hear his
voice, harden not your hearts.
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For if Jesus had given
them rest, then would he not
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afterward have spoken of
another day. There remaineth
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therefore a rest to the people
of God. For he that is entered
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unto his rest, he also
hath ceased from his own works,
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as God did from his. Let us
labor therefore to enter into
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that rest, lest any man
fall after the same example
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of unbelief. For the word of
God is quick and powerful, and
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sharper than any two-edged
sword, piercing even to the
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dividing asunder of the soul
and spirit, and of the joints
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and marrow, and is a discerner
of the thoughts and intents
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of the heart. Neither is
there any creature that is not
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manifest in his sight: but
all things are naked and opened
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unto the eyes of him
with whom we have to do.
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Seeing then that we have a
great high priest that is passed
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unto the heavens, Jesus the
Son of God, let us hold fast our
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profession. For we have not
an high priest which cannot be
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touched with the feeling of
our infirmities; but was in all
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points tempted like as
we are, yet without sin.
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Let us therefore come
boldly unto the throne of grace,
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that we may obtain mercy, and
find grace to help in time of
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need. - Continuing to
read in Hebrews, chapter 5.
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And this is the
King James Version.
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For every high priest
taken from among men is ordained
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for men in things pertaining
to God, that he may offer both
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gifts and sacrifices for
sins; Who can have compassion on
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the ignorant, and on them that
are out of the way; for that he
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himself also is compassed with
infirmity. And by reason hereof
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as he ought, as for the people,
so also for himself, to offer
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for sins. And no man taketh
his unto himself, but he that is
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called of God, as was Aaron.
So also Christ glorified not
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himself to be made an high
priest but he that said unto
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him, Thou art my Son,
today have I begotten thee.
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As he saith also in another
place. Thou are a high priest
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forever after the order of
Melchisedec. Who in the days
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of his flesh, when he
had offered up prayers
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and supplications with
strong crying and tears unto him
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that was able to save him from
death, and was heard in that
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he feared; though he were a
Son, yet learned he obedience
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by the things which he suffered;
and being made perfect,
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he became the author of
eternal salvation unto all them
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that obey him; Called of God an
high priest after the order of
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Melchisedec. Of whom we have
many things to say, and hard
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to be uttered, seeing
ye are dull of hearing.
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For when for the time ye ought
to be teachers, ye have need
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that one teach you again which
be the first principles of the
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oracles of God; and are become
such as have need of milk,
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and not of strong meat.
For every one that useth milk
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is unskilful in the word of
righteousness: for he is a babe.
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But strong meat belongeth
to them that are full age, even
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those who by reason of use
have their senses exercised
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to discern both good and evil.
Reading from the book of Hebrews
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in the King James Version,
continuing now with chapter 6.
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Therefore leaving the principles
of the doctrine of Christ,
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let us go on unto perfection;
not laying again the foundation
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of repentance from dead
works, and of faith toward God,
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of the doctrine of baptisms, and
of laying on of hands, and of
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resurrection of the
dead, and of eternal judgment.
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And this will we do, if God
permit. For it is impossible
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for those who were once
enlightened, and have tasted of
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the heavenly gift and were made
partakers of the Holy Ghost,
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and have tasted the good word
of God, and the powers of the
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world to come, if they shall
fall away, to renew them again
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unto repentance; seeing they
crucify to themselves the Son
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of God afresh, and put him
to an open shame. For the earth
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which drinketh in the rain that
cometh oft upon it, and bringeth
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forth herbs meet for
them by whom it is dressed,
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receiveth blessing from God: But
that which beareth thorns and
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briers is rejected, and is nigh
unto cursing; whose end is to be
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burned. But, beloved, we are
persuaded better things of you,
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and things that accompany
salvation, though we thus speak.
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For God is not unrighteous
to forget your work and labor
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of love, which ye have shewed
to toward his name, in that ye
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have ministered to the saints,
and do minister. And we desire
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that every one of you do shew
the same diligence to the full
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assurance of hope unto the
end, that ye be not slothful,
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but followers of them who
through faith and patience
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inherit the promises. For when
God made promise to Abraham,
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because he could swear by no
greater, he sware by himself,
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Saying, Surely, blessing I
will bless thee, and multiplying
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I will multiply thee. And so
after he had patiently endured,
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he obtained the promise. For
men verily swear by the greater:
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and an oath for confirmation
is to them an end of all strife.
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Wherein God, willing
more abundantly to shew unto
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the heirs of promise the
immutability of his counsel,
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confirmed it by an oath:
That by two immutable things,
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in which it was impossible
for God to lie, we might have a
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strong consolation, who
have fled for refuge to lay hold
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upon the hope set before us:
Which hope we have as an anchor
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of the soul, both sure and
steadfast, and which entereth
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into that within the
veil; whither the forerunner is
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for us entered, even Jesus,
made and high priest forever
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after the order of Melchisedec.
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Again, I'm reading
from the King James Version,
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This is the book
of Hebrews, chapter 7.
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For this Melchisedec, king of
Salem, priest of the most high
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God, who met Abraham returning
from the slaughter of the kings,
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and blessed him; To whom also
Abraham gave a tenth part of all
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first being by interpretation
King of righteousness,
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and after that also King of
Salem, which is, King of peace;
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Without father, without mother,
without descent, having neither
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beginning of days, nor end of
life; but made like unto the Son
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of God; abideth a priest
continually. Now consider
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how great this man was, unto
whom even the patriarch Abraham
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gave the tenth of the spoils.
And verily they that are of
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the sons of Levi, who receive
the office of the priesthood,
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have a commandment to take
tithes of the people according
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to the law, that is, of their
brethren, though they come out
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of the loins of Abraham: But
he whose descent is not counted
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from them received tithes
of Abraham, and blessed him
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that had the promises.
And without all contradiction
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the less is blessed of the
better. And here men that die
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receive tithes; but there he
receiveth them, of whom it is
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witnessed that he liveth.
And as I may so say, Levi also,
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who receiveth tithes,
paid tithes in Abraham.
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For he was yet in the loins
of his father, when Melchisedec
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met him. If therefore
perfection were by the
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Levitical priesthood, for under
it the people received the law,
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what further need was there
that another priest should rise
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after the order of Melchisedec,
and not be called after the
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order of Aaron? For the
priesthood being changed,
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there is made of necessity
a change also of the law.
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For he of whom these things
are spoken pertaineth to another
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tribe, of which no man
gave attendance at the altar.
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For it is evident that our Lord
sprang out of Juda; of which
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tribe Moses spake
nothing concerning priesthood.
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And it is yet far more evident:
for that after the similitude
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of Melchisedec there ariseth
another priest, Who is made,
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not after the law of a carnal
commandment, but after the power
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of an endless life. For he
testifieth, Thou art a priest
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forever after the
order of Melcnisedec.
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For there is verily a
disannulling of the commandment
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going before for the weakness
and unprofitableness thereof.
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For the law made nothing
perfect, but the bringing in of
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a better hope did; by the
which we draw nigh unto God. And
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inasmuch as not without an oath
he was made priest: For those
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priests were made without an
oath; but this with an oath by
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him that said unto him, The
Lord sware and will not repent,
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Thou art a priest forever
after the order of Melchisedec.
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By so much was Jesus made a
surety of a better testament.
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And they truly were many priests
because they were not suffered
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to continue by reason
of death: But this man,
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because he continueth ever,
hath an unchangeable priesthood.
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Wherefore he is able also
to save them to the uttermost
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that come unto God by him,
seeing he ever liveth to make
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intercession for them. For
such an high priest became us,
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who is holy, harmless,
undefiled, separate from sinners
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and made higher than the
heavens; Who needeth not daily,
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as those high priests, to offer
up sacrifice, first for his own
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sins, and then for the people's;
for this he did once, when he
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offered up himself. For the law
maketh men high priests which
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have infirmity; but the word
of the oath, which was since
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the law, maketh the Son,
who is consecrated forevermore.
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Continuing in
chapter eight, of Hebrews.
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Now the things which we
have spoken this is the sum:
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We have such an high priest,
who is set on the right hand
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of the throne of the Majesty in
the heavens; A minister of the
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sanctuary, and of
the true tabernacle,
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