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For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
Hebrews 5:1
We have a High Priest in Christ who not only made a way for us to approach God but actively welcomes us into His presence, because Jesus is our God who saves us.
Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.
Hebrews 4:15, ESV
God has prepared a rest for us through Christ, and because of His life, death, and resurrection, we know we can approach God without fear and with hope for that rest from the pains and temptations of this life.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Hebrews 4:15
God has prepared a rest for us through Christ, the one who understands our life and all the problems and temptations we face yet overcame them, even death. Faith in His life, death, and resurrection brings us hope for resurrection and rest from the problems and temptations.
Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.
Hebrews 4:14, ESV
God has prepared a rest for those who believe in Christ, the only one who could live perfectly as a human but also the true God of Creation. We confess our Savior and God who grants rest for our souls through His sacrifice.
And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.
Hebrews 4:13, ESV
God has prepared a rest for those who are cleansed by the blood of Christ, and He knows even the stains of sins we are unaware of. With our faith in Christ, as revealed by the Word, we can know we are clean with the hope of rest from fear, shame, and judgment.
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12, ESV
God has prepared an eternal rest for us, and we find this rest through the indwelling, Spirit-inspired Word of God which transforms us and guides us in all truth.
Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience.
Hebrews 4:11, ESV
God has offered us rest for our souls in Christ. May we live in such a way that we can know that we will find complete rest, whether at death or at His return, knowing it is the Word living in us that saves us.
for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his.
Hebrews 4:10, ESV
God has been preparing a place with no more toil, pain, and sin, and He has invited us through the sacrifice of Christ to enter into that restful place.
So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God
Hebrews 4:9, ESV
God gives commands based on His nature and for our good. He has called us to rest, and in Christ we await full rest for our souls and eternity without laborious work. We now already tasked with inviting others I to that hope.
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal”
Matthew 6:19, ESV
God’s commands are based on His nature and our good, and the best thing for us is to seek God and His ways. When we are His, we have hope and eternal security.
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