Hebrews 9

Time for Hebrews 9 friends! This week we continue to dive deeper into the picture of Jesus that is being painted by the author of Hebrews. If you've been with us the last several weeks, you'll note that the discussion seems to be stating and restating a lot of the same thoughts. And while not the main point of the passage...I am certain that this repetitive language is a secondary point to which the reader should be arriving.

Let me say it another way: There is a reason the author of Hebrews makes the same point umpteen times....this stuff is REALLY important to your Christian walk.

It would seem that the author of this book is well aware of not just 1st Century Hebrew culture, but of human nature in general. I can speak from experience that one does not have to be Jewish in order to rationalize sinful behavior or trade religiosity for relationship. So, the author knows how common it is that we fall back into old rituals that give us something tangible to point to, but are wholly insufficient to truly cleanse our sin. Faith, by definition, is intangible; hard for us to measure in ourselves and even harder to measure in others.

We are urged by the author to move forward "onto solid food" in chapter 6, because it is not our nature to move on, but instead to keep stomping in the same old spiritual mud puddles. Retreading the past, the result being getting ourselves and those near us dirty. Instead we should move on to the riches of  His glory (Eph 3:16) that we might find peace that surpasses all understanding (Phil 4:7)

Enjoy this week as we discover what God has for us in Hebrews 9...

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