Jesus was made like us in every way. He became fully human and experienced everything that we have experienced and everything that we will experience. He knows how you feel. He is a faithful and merciful High Priest who doesn’t need your performance. He wants you to know that He feels what you feel. Hebrews…
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Hebrews 2:14 states this, “Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil…” Jesus took on all manners of “death” that tries to destroy you. Any thing that sets itself against the…
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Hebrews 2:14-15 magnifies the power of the cross of Christ. Our position is seated with Christ. Because of this, we can possess by faith a freedom from the fear and onslaught of death. This is possible in this mortal flesh, in this earthen vessel. This is not something that can be obtained but received as…
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David arrives at Hebrews 2:18 which reveals how Jesus was tempted like we are without sin. This is significant because he felt “everything” that you felt. Because He was “tested and tried”, he can “immediately…run” to “assist and relieve” you. The Amplified Classic version brings this truth to the forefront with beautiful significance, “For because…
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When prayers seem to not be answered, we often fall into the trap of a religious answer that makes logical sense, but fails to honor the fullness of what Christ has done for us. The explanations of why prayers are not answered becomes dogma that uproots the promise. Phrases like “God answers prayers three ways:…
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By taking your situation, lament, issue, decree, or request to the promise, your prayers become the words of the promise. There is no lust or selfish motive in the promise. It is Christ. The Word is Christ and the promise will never fail you. The promises are precious and exceedingly great. The promise might produce…
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Jesus is both the “Apostle” and “High Priest” of our confession according to Hebrews 3:1. God only needs to see Jesus representing your confession. God, the Father, is not moved or persuaded by anything else but Christ and His blood as your representative. When you bring your confession, Christ presents you to the Father.
There is no prerequisite to obtaining mercy. There is not a certain behavior or nugget of knowledge that can force God to give you help. It is received. By holding fast to the person of Christ, confirmed by His Word, you will receive mercy and help in your time of need. The entirety of Hebrews…
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Luke 4:1-2 describes how Jesus was “led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being tempted for forty days by the devil.” Many have used this phrase to provide justification for the theological statement that God tempts us to refine us. David shares James 1:13-15 which states God cannot tempt anyone with evil. The true context of what occurs…
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David claims that this moment in the desert where Jesus was tempted was a moment where Jesus became our merciful and faithful High Priest that was tempted like us in every way. This is a substitutionary work. A moment where Jesus felt what you felt and became your source or path to reliance on the…
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