Tag Archives: hope

Priority

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Don Merritt

By faith Abraham, when God tested him, offered Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had embraced the promises was about to sacrifice his one and only son, even though God had said to him, “It is through Isaac that your … Continue reading →

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Do We Really Need Jesus?

Posted on April 12, 2021 by Don Merritt

 “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Matthew 9:12-13 In this brief statement Jesus … Continue reading →

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Active Faith

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Don Merritt

Chapter 11 of Hebrews is a discourse on active faith; interesting when you consider that it comes right after the warnings of chapter 10 against losing our faith. Who said faith and works were mutually exclusive? That faith and works … Continue reading →

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Challenging, Yet Amazing and Wonderful

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Don Merritt

Remember those earlier days after you had received the light, when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution; at other times you stood side by side with those who … Continue reading →

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Warnings

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Don Merritt

If we deliberately keep on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no sacrifice for sins is left, but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God. Anyone … Continue reading →

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Unswerving Faith

Posted on April 8, 2021 by Don Merritt

Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body, and since we have a … Continue reading →

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Once for All part 2

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Don Merritt

Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat … Continue reading →

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Once for All part 1

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Don Merritt

The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. Otherwise, … Continue reading →

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Last Will and Testament

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Don Merritt

In the case of a will, it is necessary to prove the death of the one who made it, because a will is in force only when somebody has died; it never takes effect while the one who made it … Continue reading →

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Superior Sacrifice – Superior Covenant

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Don Merritt

But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part … Continue reading →

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