Category Archives: christian

Great High Priest, part 2

Posted on April 7, 2014 by Don Merritt

Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since … Continue reading →

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Word of God

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Don Merritt

Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they … Continue reading →

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For as long as it is called “Today”

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Don Merritt

So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in the rebellion, during the time of testing in the wilderness, where your ancestors tested and tried me, though for … Continue reading →

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Jesus: Greater than Moses

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Don Merritt

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest. He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house. Jesus has … Continue reading →

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Fully Human

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Don Merritt

Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— and free those who all their lives were held in … Continue reading →

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Brothers (and sisters)

Posted on April 2, 2014 by Don Merritt

In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through what he suffered. Both the one who makes people holy and those who … Continue reading →

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A Few Days Ago… Update

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Don Merritt

A few days back I posted about an experience I had in preaching recently, and I though I’d post a follow-up today. If you don’t recall that first post, you can view it here. As I type these words, I’m … Continue reading →

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“But we see Jesus”

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Don Merritt

For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to angels. But one testified in a certain place, saying: “What is man that You are mindful of him, Or the son of man that You … Continue reading →

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No, don’t do it!

Posted on April 1, 2014 by Don Merritt

We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, how shall we escape if we … Continue reading →

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Jesus: Superior to the Angels

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Don Merritt

Text: Hebrews 1:5-14 As we continue through the rest of Hebrews chapter 1, the author is setting about to prove his assertions of Chris’s supremacy by comparing Him to the angels. Verses 5-13 are quotations from the Old Testament that … Continue reading →