Lent - Day 18 - Bible Study
Tuesday, March 01, 2016
Today’s reading
Heb 8
Now of the things
which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set
on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;
2 A minister of the
sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man.
3 For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and
sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to
offer.
4 For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing
that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law:
5 Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things,
as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for,
See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to
thee in the mount.
6 But now hath he
obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a
better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
7 For if that first
covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the
second.
8 For finding fault
with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a
new covenant with the house of Israel
and with the house of Judah
9 Not according to
the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the
hand to lead them out of the land
of Egypt
10 For this is the
covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the
Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I
will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:
11 And they shall not
teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the
Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.
12 For I will be
merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I
remember no more.
13 In that he saith,
A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth
old is ready to vanish away.
Heb 9
Then verily the first
covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2 For there was a
tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the
shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
3 And after the
second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
4 Which had the
golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold,
wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the
tables of the covenant;
5 And over it the
cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak
particularly.
6 Now when these
things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle,
accomplishing the service of God.
7 But into the second
went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered
for himself, and for the errors of the people:
8 The Holy Ghost this
signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest,
while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:
9 Which was a figure
for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices,
that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the
conscience;
10 Which stood only
in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on
them until the time of reformation.
11 But Christ being
come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect
tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
12 Neither by the
blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the
holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
13 For if the blood
of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean,
sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
14 How much more
shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself
without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living
God?
15 And for this cause
he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the
redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they
which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
16 For where a
testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator.
17 For a testament is
of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the
testator liveth.
18 Whereupon neither
the first testament was dedicated without blood.
19 For when Moses had
spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood
of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled
both the book, and all the people,
20 Saying, This is
the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you.
21 Moreover he
sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry.
22 And almost all
things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no
remission.
23 It was therefore
necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with
these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
24 For Christ is not
entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the
true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:
25 Nor yet that he
should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place
every year with blood of others;
26 For then must he
often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end
of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
27 And as it is
appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:
28 So Christ was once
offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he
appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
Heb 10
For the law having a
shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never
with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the
comers thereunto perfect.
2 For then would they
not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should
have had no more conscience of sins.
3 But in those
sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year.
4 For it is not
possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.
5 Wherefore when he
cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but
a body hast thou prepared me:
6 In burnt offerings
and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure.
7 Then said I, Lo, I
come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.
8 Above when he said,
Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest
not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law;
9 Then said he, Lo, I
come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the
second.
10 By the which will
we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for
all.
11 And every priest
standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which
can never take away sins:
12 But this man,
after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right
hand of God;
13 From henceforth
expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
14 For by one
offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.
15 Whereof the Holy
Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before,
16 This is the
covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will
put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them;
17 And their sins and
iniquities will I remember no more.
18 Now where
remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.
19 Having therefore,
brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,
20 By a new and
living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say,
his flesh;
21 And having an high
priest over the house of God;
22 Let us draw near
with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from
an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.
23 Let us hold fast
the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that
promised;)
24 And let us
consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the
assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one
another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
26 For if we sin
wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there
remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,
27 But a certain
fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the
adversaries.
28 He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two
or three witnesses:
29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be
thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted
the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and
hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
30 For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto
me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his
people.
31 It is a fearful
thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
32 But call to
remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a
great fight of afflictions;
33 Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by
reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them
that were so used.
34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took
joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in
heaven a better and an enduring substance.
35 Cast not away
therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
36 For ye have need
of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the
promise.
37 For yet a little
while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
38 Now the just shall
live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
39 But we are not of
them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of
the soul.
Heb 11
Now faith is the
substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by
the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do
appear.
4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice
than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying
of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see
death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his
translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
6 But without faith
it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he
is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as
yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which
he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a
place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went
out, not knowing whither he went.
9 By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a
strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with
him of the same promise:
10 For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose
builder and maker is God.
11 Through faith also Sara herself received strength to
conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she
judged him faithful who had promised.
12 Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as
dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by
the sea shore innumerable.
13 These all died in
faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and
were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were
strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
14 For they that say
such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
15 And truly, if they
had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had
opportunity to have returned.
16 But now they
desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to
be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac:
and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son,
18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be
called:
19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from
the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things
to come.
21 By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the
sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff.
22 By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the
departing of the children of Israel ;
and gave commandment concerning his bones.
23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of
his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid
of the king's commandment.
24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be
called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;
25 Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of
God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season;
26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the
treasures in Egypt :
for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward.
27 By faith he forsook Egypt , not fearing the wrath of the
king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible.
28 Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of
blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
29 By faith they passed through the Red
sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were
drowned.
30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed
about seven days.
31 By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that
believed not, when she had received the spies with peace.
32 And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to
tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also,
and Samuel, and of the prophets:
33 Who through faith
subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths
of lions.
34 Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the
sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to
flight the armies of the aliens.
35 Women received their dead raised to life again: and
others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a
better resurrection:
36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings,
yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted,
were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins;
being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
38 (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in
deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
39 And these all,
having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise:
40 God having
provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made
perfect.
Heb 12
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a
cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so
easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith;
who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame,
and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of
sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
4 Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto
you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor
faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6 For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth.
7 If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with
sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not?
8 But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are
partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which
corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in
subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?
10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their
own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his
holiness.
11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous,
but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of
righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
12 Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the
feeble knees;
13 And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is
lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
14 Follow peace with
all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
15 Looking diligently
lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up
trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;
16 Lest there be any
fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his
birthright.
17 For ye know how
that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for
he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
18 For ye are not
come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto
blackness, and darkness, and tempest,
19 And the sound of a
trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the
word should not be spoken to them any more:
20 (For they could
not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the
mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:
21 And so terrible
was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:)
22 But ye are come
unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,
and to an innumerable company of angels,
23 To the general
assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God
the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to Jesus the
mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh
better things than that of Abel.
25 See that ye refuse
not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on
earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh
from heaven:
26 Whose voice then
shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not
the earth only, but also heaven.
27 And this word, Yet
once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of
things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.
28 Wherefore we
receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may
serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear:
29 For our God is a
consuming fire.
Heb 13
Let brotherly love
continue.
2 Be not forgetful to
entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.
3 Remember them that
are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being
yourselves also in the body.
4 Marriage is
honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God
will judge.
5 Let your
conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye
have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
6 So that we may
boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto
me.
7 Remember them which
have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith
follow, considering the end of their conversation.
8 Jesus Christ the
same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
9 Be not carried
about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart
be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that
have been occupied therein.
10 We have an altar,
whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle.
11 For the bodies of
those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for
sin, are burned without the camp.
12 Wherefore Jesus
also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without
the gate.
13 Let us go forth
therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach.
14 For here have we
no continuing city, but we seek one to come.
15 By him therefore
let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of
our lips giving thanks to his name.
16 But to do good and
to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
17 Obey them that
have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls,
as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with
grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
18 Pray for us: for
we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
19 But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be
restored to you the sooner.
20 Now the God of
peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of
the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
21 Make you perfect
in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in
his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
22 And I beseech you,
brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you
in few words.
23 Know ye that our
brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see
you.
24 Salute all them
that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy
25 Grace be with you
all. Amen.
Hebrew 8 to 13
JESUS CHRIST is our LORD n SAVIOUR
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