Devotions from Hebrews

Passage Read: Hebrews 1-2 Meditation Verse: 2:8 Everything is subject to Jesus, but Jesus is not yet visibly reigning over all. So we do not see Him, though He has been made ruler of all. He does not punish everything immediately in such a way…

Passage Read: Hebrews 3-4 Meditation Verse: 4:11 The writer of Hebrews expects believers to make every effort to enter God's rest, lest any fall away because of disobedience. Having believed in Christ, believers are expected, even required to walk in a manner worthy of the…

Passage Read: Hebrews 5-6 Meditation Verses: 6:10-12 The Lord will not forget all we have done on His behalf for the saints and for the Gospel. But that doesn't mean we can store up a certain amount of deeds and then kick back, relax and…

Passage Read: Hebrews 7-8 Meditation Verses: 8:10-11 This is the new covenant that Jesus brought about: that we should be transformed and God's Law should be written on our hearts to such an extent that we no longer need others to teach us. But the…

Passage Read: Hebrews 9-10 Meditation Verses: 10:26,29 The one who keeps on sinning after hearing the Gospel and understanding the Truth, this one is in great danger, because he is claiming to believe the Gospel, but yet treating it as if it is nothing of…

Passage Read: Hebrews 11-12 Meditation Verse: 11:31 By faith Rahab, though a harlot, knew enough to save her life and the life of her family. She understood the times, she understood what was coming, she recognized that the God of the Israelites was going to…

Passage Read: Hebrews 1-2 Meditation Verse: 1:9 While this is speaking specifically of Jesus, this pattern and principle is consistent with God's rewarding nature. Those who love righteousness and hate wickedness are rewarded with high rank and responsibility in God's kingdom. No one will be…

Passage Read: Hebrews 3-4 Meditation Verses: 3:12-13 The writer is writing to believers, whom he calls brothers, and he warns them not to have a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. He goes on to say that sin is deceitful, and…

Passage Read: Hebrews 5-6 Meditation Verses: 5:7-9 Jesus is the source of eternal salvation to those who obey Him. These few verses are filled with obedience; obedience and submission are the very fabric of God's creation, purposes and will. Jesus submitted to the Father, even…

Passage Read: Hebrews 7-8 Meditation Verses: 8:10-12 The New Covenant is that the Lord forgives our sins and remembers our wickedness no more, which allows us to know the Lord because He puts His laws in our minds and writes them on our hearts. He…

Passage Read: Hebrews 9-10 Meditation Verses: 10:26-29 The author makes the case at the beginning of this chapter that we have been made perfect through Jesus' death and resurrection. Here he makes it clear that if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving instruction and…

Passage Read: Hebrews 11-12 Meditation Verses: 11:13-16 Just a few verses earlier, the author mentions that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were living in tents, like strangers, in the land promised to them. They didn't build houses or settle down as if they owned the place.

Passage Read: Hebrews 13 - James 1 Meditation Verses: Hebrews 13:5-6 Keeping my life free from the love of money requires being content with what I have. If I'm not content, I will need more money. If I am content with what I have, I…

Passage Read: Hebrews 1-2 Meditation Verses: 2:8-9 We know that it is to Jesus that all things have been subjected; He has received that promise. All authority in heaven and on earth have been given to Him, but He does not yet visibly reign over…

Passage Read: Hebrews 3-4 Meditation Verses: 3:16-19 Belief and obedience are inextricably linked. You cannot have obedience to God without belief, and you cannot belief without obedience to God. Those who failed to enter God's rest all heard from God through Moses. It wasn't as…

Passage Read: Hebrews 5-6 Meditation Verses: 6:4-6 The author is talking about a true conversion here. One who was enlightened: No one comes to Jesus unless the Father draws him; no one believes in Jesus without the eye-opening work of the Spirit. More than that,…

Passage Read: Hebrews 7-8 Meditation Verses: 8:9-11 The Old Covenant was given with fire and smoke and earthquake and the sound of a trumpet. Very impressive and frightening, to impress God's Words onto the hearts of the people, to impress His greatness into their hearts.

Passage Read: Hebrews 9-10 Meditation Verses: 10:26-31 A few verses earlier, the author reminds us that we have had our consciences sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. We have been made holy by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ…

Passage Read: Hebrews 11-12 Meditation Verses: 11:1-2 By faith, the men of old gained approval. By faith, believing God, they not only adjusted their thinking, but changed their lives, their behavior, attempted impossible things and succeeded. Because they believed God when He spoke and did…