Hello, and welcome
to His Words Are Life.
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I'm Kelly Mowrer, and thank you
for being with me today to read
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the word of God.
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When we were last together
we were reading in Hebrews about
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our High Priest in the heaven.
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And we're going to continue
on with that, but before we do,
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let's pray together.
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Dear Jesus, thank You so much
that You are our High Priest,
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and that You are constantly
making intercession for us;
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That You were tempted every way
that we have been tempted, and
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yet You were without sin.
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You layed down Your life for
us to redeem us and make us Your
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own, and that's
what we want most to be.
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Please guide us now as we read
so that we can take these words
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and become more like You
through the power of Your word.
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We love You so much,
and thank You for loving us.
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Amen.
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(Again, we're reading
today from the book of Hebrews.
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And this is the King James
Version, Chapter 8, starting
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with verse 2.)
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A minister of the sanctuary,
and of the true tabernacle,
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which the Lord
pitched, and not man.
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For every high priest is
ordained to offer gifts and
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sacrifices: wherefore it is
of necessity that this man have
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somewhat also to offer.
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For if he were on earth,
he should not be a priest,
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seeing that there are priests
that offer gifts according
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to the law: who serve unto the
example and shadow of heavenly
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things, as Moses was admonished
of God when he was about to make
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the tabernacle: for, See, saith
he, that thou make all things
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according to the pattern
showed to thee in the mount.
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But now hath he obtained a more
excellent ministry, by how much
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also he is the mediator of
a better covenant, which was
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established
upon better promises.
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For if that first covenant had
been faultless, then should no
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place have been
sought for the second.
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For finding fault with them,
he saith, Behold, the days come,
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saith the Lord, when I will make
a new covenant with the house of
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Israel and with the house
of Judah: not according to the
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covenant that I made with their
fathers in the day when I took
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them by the hand to lead
them out of the land of Egypt;
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because they continued not in
my covenant, and I regarded them
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not, saith the Lord.
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For this is the covenant that
I will make with the house of
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Israel after those days, saith
the Lord; I will put my laws
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into their mind, and write them
in their hearts: and I will be
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to them a God, and they shall be
to me a people: and they shall
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not teach every man his
neighbor, and every man his
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brother, saying, Know the
Lord: for all shall know me,
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from the least to the greatest.
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For I will be merciful to their
unrighteousness, and their sins
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and their iniquities
will I remember no more.
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In that he saith, A
new covenant, he hath made
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the first old.
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Now that which
decayeth and waxeth old is ready
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to vanish away.
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(We're continuing to
read in Hebrews, Chapter 9.
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This is the King James Version.)
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Then verily the first covenant
had also ordinances of divine
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service, and a wordly sanctuary.
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For there was a tabernacle
made; the first, wherein was the
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candlestick, and the table, and
the showbread; which is called
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the sanctuary.
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And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called the
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Holiest of all; which had the
golden censer, and the ark of
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the covenant overlaid round
about with gold, wherein was the
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golden pot that had manna,
and Aaron's rod that budded,
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and the tables of the covenant;
and over it the cherubim of
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glory shadowing the mercy
seat; of which we cannot now
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speak particularly.
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Now when these things were
thus ordained, the priests went
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always into the first
tabernacle, accomplishing the
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service of God.
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But into the second went
the high priest alone once every
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year, not without blood,
which he offered for himself,
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and for the errors of
the people: the Holy Ghost
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this signifying, that the way
into the holiest of all was not
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yet made manifest, while as
the first tabernacle was yet
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standing: which was a figure
for the time then present,
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in which were offered both
gifts and sacrifices, that could
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not make him that did the
service perfect, as pertaining
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to the conscience; which
stood only in meats and drinks,
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and divers washings, and carnal
ordinances, imposed on them
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until the time of reformation.
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But Christ being come an high
priest of good things to come,
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by a greater and more perfect
tabernacle, not made with hands,
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that is to say, not of this
building; neither by the blood
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of goats and calves, but by
his own blood he entered in once
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into the holy place,
having obtained eternal
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redemption for us.
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For if the blood of bulls and of
goats, and the ashes of a heifer
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sprinkling the unclean,
sanctifieth to the purifying of
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the flesh: how much more shall
the blood of Christ, who through
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the eternal Spirit offered
himself without spot to God,
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purge your conscience from dead
works to serve the living God?
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And for this cause he is the
mediator of the new testament,
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that by means of death, for the
redemption of the transgressions
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that were under the first
testament, they which are called
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might receive the
promise of eternal inheritance.
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For where a testament is, there
must also of necessity be the
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death of the testator.
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For a testament is of force
after men are dead: otherwise
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it is of no strength at
all while the testator liveth.
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Whereupon neither the
first testament was dedicated
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without blood.
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For when Moses had spoken
every precept to all the people
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according to the law, he
took the blood of calves and of
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goats, with water, and scarlet
wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled
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both the book, and all the
people, saying, This is the
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blood of the testament which
God hath enjoined unto you.
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Moreover he sprinkled with blood
both the tabernacle, and all the
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vessels of the ministry.
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And almost all things are
by the law purged with blood;
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and without shedding
of blood is no remission.
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It was therefore necessary that
the patterns of things in the
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heavens should be purified with
these; but the heavenly things
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themselves with
better sacrifices than these.
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For Christ is not entered into
the holy places made with hands,
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which are the figures of the
true; but into heaven itself,
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now to appear in the presence
of God for us: nor yet that he
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should offer himself often,
as the high priest entereth into
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the holy place every year with
blood of others; for then must
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he often have suffered since
the foundation of the world:
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but now once in the end of the
world hath he appeared to put
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away sin by the
sacrifice of himself.
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And as it is appointed unto men
once to die, but after this the
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judgment: so Christ was
once offered to bear the sins of
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many; and unto them that
look for him shall he appear the
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second time
without sin unto salvation.
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(We're continuing to read from
the book of Hebrews, and this is
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the King James Version. We're
turning now to Chapter 10.)
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For the law having a shadow of
good things to come, and not the
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very image of the things,
can never with those sacrifices,
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which they offered year by year
continually, make the comers
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thereunto perfect.
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For then would they not
have ceased to be offered?
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because that the worshipers once
purged should have had no more
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conscience of sins.
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But in those sacrifices
there is a remembrance again
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made of sins every year.
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For it is not possible that
the blood of bulls and of goats
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should take away sins.
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Wherefore when he cometh into
the world, he saith, Sacrifice
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and offering thou wouldest not,
but a body hast thou prepared
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me: in burnt offerings and
sacrifices for sin thou hast
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had no pleasure.
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Then said I, Lo I come (in the
volume of the book it is written
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of me) to do thy will, O God.
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Above when he said, Sacrifice
and offering and burnt offerings
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and offering for sin thou
wouldest not, neither hadst
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pleasure therein; which are
offered by the law; then said
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he, Lo, I come to
do thy will, O God.
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He taketh away the first, that
he may establish the second.
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By the which will we are
sanctified through the offering
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of the body of
Jesus Christ once for all.
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And every priest standeth
daily ministering and offering
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oftentimes the same sacrifices,
which can never take away sins:
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but this man, after he had
offered one sacrifice for sins
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for ever, sat down on the right
hand of God; from henceforth
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expecting till his
enemies be made his footstool.
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For by one offering he
hath perfected for ever them
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that are sanctified.
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Whereof the Holy Ghost also is
a witness to us: for after that
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he had said before, This is the
covenant that I will make with
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them after those days, saith the
Lord; I will put my laws into
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their hearts, and in their minds
will I write them; and their
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sins and iniquities
will I remember no more.
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Now where remission of
these is, there is no more
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offering for sin.
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Having therefore, brethren,
boldness to enter into the
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holiest by the blood of
Jesus, by a new and living way,
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which he hath consecrated for
us, through the veil, that is to
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say, his flesh; and having
an high priest over the house of
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God; let us draw near with a
true heart in full assurance of
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faith, having our
hearts sprinkled from an evil
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conscience, and our
bodies washed with pure water.
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Let us hold fast the profession
of our faith without wavering;
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and let us consider
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one another to provoke
unto love and to good works:
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not forsaking the assembling
of ourselves together,
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as the manner of some is; but
exhorting one another: and so
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much the more, as ye
see the day approaching.
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For if we sin willfully
after that we have received the
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knowledge of the
truth, there remaineth no more
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sacrifice for sins, but a
certain fearful looking for of
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judgment and fiery
indignation, which shall devour
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the adversaries.
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He that despised Moses' law
died without mercy under two or
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three witnesses: of how much
sorer punishment, suppose ye,
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shall he be thought worthy,
who hath trodden under foot the
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Son of God, and hath counted the
blood of the covenant, wherewith
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he was sanctified, an unholy
thing, and hath done despite
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unto the Spirit of grace?
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For we know him that hath said,
Vengeance belongeth unto me,
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I will
recompense, saith the Lord.
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And again, The Lord
shall judge his people.
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It is a fearful thing
to fall into the hands
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of the living God.
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But call to remembrance the
former days, in which, after ye
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were illuminated, ye endured
a great fight of afflictions;
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partly, whilst ye were made a
gazingstock both by reproaches
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and afflictions; and partly,
whilst ye became companions of
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them that were so used.
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For ye had compassion of me in
my bonds, and took joyfully the
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spoiling of your goods, knowing
in yourselves that ye have in
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heaven a better and
an enduring substance.
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Cast not away therefore your
confidence, which hath great
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recompense of reward.
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For ye have need of patience,
that, after ye have done the
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will of God, ye
might receive the promise.
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For yet a little while, and
he that shall come will come,
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and will not tarry.
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Now the just shall live
by faith: but if any man draw
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back, my soul shall
have no pleasure in him.
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But we are not of them who draw
back unto perdition; but of them
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that believe to
the saving of the soul.
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Now faith is the substance of
things hoped for, the evidence
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of things not seen.
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For by it the elders
obtained a good report.
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Through faith we understand that
the worlds were framed by the
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word of God, so that things
which are seen were not made
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of things which do appear.
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(Thank you for joining with me
today to read the word of God.
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And until we're together again,
may God strengthen the faith of
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each one of us, that we would
walk closer with Him, and be
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pleasing in His sight.)
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