Jesus told us that love for God and love for one another is the essence of the Law of Moses (Matthew 22:40). But this love has to be more than just a feeling – after all, both Jesus and Moses told us to love God with our mind and our…

There’s no getting around it. God is all-powerful, the One Who created the world with the Word of His power in order to display His glory. And God created all of us in His own image, in order that we might worship and serve Him (12:28). And God has told…

So, once we admit that Jesus is in fact the Messiah, the One Who fulfills all the Old Testament sacrifices and prophecies, and once we determine to trust Him completely, allowing Him to bless us in His way and in His time, how do we express that faith in Him…

Yesterday, we learned that faith involves trusting God’s promises, even when we don’t yet see any evidence that He will keep them. Today, we see that faith often involves something even harder – the willingness to suffer in order to hold on to the hope of things we don’t yet…

So, what does it really mean to live by faith? According to our author, it means being sure of things we hope for but do not yet see. And that was certainly the case for the many people mentioned in today’s passage. Take Noah, for example. God told him to…

Christ, as our great High Priest, has lived out the truth to which the ceremony of the Day of Atonement pointed. He has carried His own blood through the veil into the presence of God, laying down His life as a sacrifice for us, providing a complete atonement for the…

Once for all. That’s so hard for us independent Americans to believe. We want to think there’s something we can do to add to our salvation, something that will complete the process and perhaps earn God’s favor for us, something that we can be proud of. That was one of…

“This is My blood of the covenant” (Mark 14:24). That’s what Jesus said at the Last Supper, and today’s passage helps us understand just what He meant. For when Moses first read the Law to the people of God, they made a solemn promise to keep it: “All the words…

Yes, Jesus is our Great High Priest, who has offered His own blood to atone for our sins (verse 12). Human high priests looked forward to this perfect sacrifice every year during the Day of Atonement ceremony, which we see mentioned in verse 7. But if you think about it,…

Why has legalism always been so attractive? Because it promises us one thing that human beings have craved since the time of Adam’s sin in the Garden of Eden: control. Legalism tells us the lie that we can be in charge of our relationship with God. It insists that if…