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FRIDAY, June 10
Hebrews 8:1-13. Now the main point in what we are saying is this.
I must be honest and say that I am not much of a fan of the Letter to the Hebrews. I don’t think I have ever preached a sermon on a passage from it. I have never taught a Bible study on it and I rarely read from it. It is not that I dislike the message. What Christian could disagree with its main points? Christ is our great High Priest, unblemished, who entered into the heavenly sanctuary and offered himself as a complete and perfect sacrifice once for all. Is there any theme more orthodox and central to our beliefs?
It is not the message but the method that I dislike. There is little poetry in the text. It is logical and dry, or so it seems to me. Yet I know that there are those who revel in its detailed and ordered explanations of Jesus’ life and death.
Such is the broad grace of the Bible. Many texts speak to many people. No text speaks to everyone. Yet within the covers of our Bibles we can all find the breath of the Spirit speaking peace to those who are far off and to those who are near.
PRAY for the Diocese of Ogori-Magongo (Nigeria)
Ps 102 * 107:1-32; Ezekiel 34:17-31; Luke 10:38-42
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Lord God, I am thankful for the authors who lead this devotional Bible study with scriptures that I would not choose for myself and for your message to me in each. In Jesus's name, Amen.