- The Greatest Revelation of God Is Jesus – Hebrews 1:1-2 (6/11/2024) - There is no greater revelation from God than what we are given in Jesus, the Son. When Jesus speaks, it is God himself speaking.
- The Radiance of God’s Glory – Hebrews 1:3 (3/29/2019) - The Son, Jesus, is the radiance of God's glory; of all that God is. Jesus told Philip that when we see the Son, we see God the Father.
- Jesus Became Superior – Hebrews 1:4 (7/8/2023) - The idea that Jesus became superior to the angels is hard to grasp. But it is wrapped up in what he did on the cross, dying for our sins.
- Jesus, the Eternal Son of God – Hebrews 1:10-12 (2/6/2023) - Jesus was a good man, teacher, and miracle worker. He is our redeemer and savior. But, above all else, he is the eternal Son of God.
- Ministering Spirits Sent to Serve – Hebrews 1:14 (8/7/2022) - The author of Hebrews describes angels as ministering spirits sent by God to serve those who will inherit salvation.
- The Gospel in a Nutshell – Hebrews 2:9 (2/7/2023) - The gospel in a nutshell is that Jesus became human, suffered and died on the cross for my sin, and now sits at the right hand of God.
- Freed from the Fear of Death – Hebrews 2:14-15 (7/7/2023) - Jesus, in his death and resurrection, broke the power of death and freed us from our fear of death. So we can look forward to what lies ahead.
- The Humanity of Jesus – Hebrews 2:17 (8/5/2017) - Jesus was made human in every way. In some way he was 100% God as well as 100% human. He was just like me, yet was without sin.
- Fix Your Thoughts on Jesus – Hebrews 3:1 (8/8/2022) - Fix your thoughts on Jesus. Walk with him, letting him be at the center of all you do. And your life with him will grow ever deeper.
- Encourage One Another Daily – Hebrews 3:13 (2/8/2023) - The author of Hebrews' admonition to encourage one another daily is an important one. Our journey of faith is much easier with encouragement.
- Stay Faithful to the End – Hebrews 3:14 (8/6/2017) - Could it be that only those who are faithful to the end are ever actually saved? That salvation is not based on how you start the journey, but on how you finish it?
- Entering God’s Rest – Hebrews 4:1 (11/24/2024) - Hold on to faith as you travel through the wilderness of this life. And if you do, you will enter God’s rest at the end of the journey.
- The Word of God Is Alive and Active – Hebrews 4:12 (3/1/2023) - The Bible is just words. But when the Holy Spirit gets involved, it becomes the word of God and is alive and active in our lives.
- Giving Account to God – Hebrews 4:13 (8/7/2017) - All of my thoughts, attitudes, secret activities as well as the more public stuff will be uncovered and laid bare before God. And I can just picture him saying "so what about this time when you . . . ? How did that glorify me?"
- Hold Firmly to the Faith – Hebrews 4:14-15 (7/10/2023) - We can hold firmly to our faith, even during trials, because Jesus has gone through the same things, and is now our advocate with the Father.
- Approach God’s Throne with Confidence – Hebrews 4:16 (8/9/2022) - Because we have Jesus as our great high priest, we can approach God's throne of grace with confidence to receive the help we need.
- The Source of Eternal Salvation – Hebrews 5:8-10 (2/9/2023) - Jesus, through his suffering on the cross, was perfected as our high priest. And became the source of eternal salvation for all who believe.
- Too Lazy to Understand – Hebrews 5:11 (11/25/2024) - Believers should all be life-long learners, excited to learn and grow in our faith, and willing to pass on what we have learned to others
- Are You Drinking Milk, or Eating Solid Food? – Hebrews 5:12 (8/8/2017) - Are you eating the solid food of the Word, or are you still drinking milk? Don't remain a spiritual infant. Dive deeply into God's word.
- Solid Food Is for the Mature – Hebrews 5:13-14 (1/8/2023) - Dive deep into God's word, investing time in it. The solid food of the word is for the mature who have learned and practiced what it says.
- Get Beyond the Fundamentals of the Faith – Hebrews 6:1-2 (4/28/2021) - All too often, we are content with the fundamentals of our faith. But we should not be content there. Seek to grow ever deeper.
- Is It Possible to Fall Away from Christ? – Hebrews 6:4-6 (6/14/2024) - If you keep your eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith, and remain faithful to the end, you will enter into God’s rest.
- Showing Love to God – Hebrews 6:10-11 (7/12/2023) - How can I show love to God? Hebrews tells me that as I help my brother or sister in the faith I am demonstrating love for God.
- An Anchor in the Midst of Change- Hebrews 6:19-20 (11/16/2012) - Change is an inevitable part of life. But when it disrupts your life, do you have an anchor that will hold you in the midst of that change?
- The Mysterious Melchizedek Points to Jesus – Hebrews 7:1-3 (11/27/2024) - Melchizedek's priesthood pointed ahead to Jesus. A priest who lives forever and so is able to save completely those who come to him.
- A Priest in the Order of Melchizedek – Hebrews 7:17 (1/6/2024) - Jesus' priesthood is, in a sense, like that of Melchizedek and greater than the priesthood descended from Aaron and mandated by the law.
- Jesus Is Able to Save Completely – Hebrews 7:25 (7/13/2023) - Jesus is our great high priest. And, because of what he did, and who he is, Jesus is able to offer us eternal salvation.
- A Holy and Exalted High Priest – Hebrews 7:26 (8/13/2017) - Our greatest need is to be brought into right standing with God. And in Jesus, our exalted high priest, that need is fully met.
- The True Tabernacle – Hebrews 8:1-2 (7/14/2023) - The true tabernacle is not a tent or a temple. Rather, it is made up of the followers of Jesus and is where God now dwells.
- A Covenant with Better Promises – Hebrews 8:6 (8/14/2017) - The promises of the new covenant, of which Jesus is the mediator, are superior. Under the new covenant there is no promise of earthly possessions. Instead we have the promise of eternal life (1 John 2:25) as God's children (Rom 8:14-17). I am so thankful for the promises of the new covenant, and for my great high priest who makes that possible.
- Written in Our Minds and on Our Hearts – Hebrews 8:10 (1/7/2024) - And as his people of the new covenant, we can love and serve God in the new way of the Spirit rather than the old way of a written code.
- Welcomed into the Most Holy Place – Hebrews 9:8 (11/28/2024) - As participants in the new covenant, we can enter the heavenly sanctuary, come into the Most Holy Place, and draw near to God with assurance.
- A Greater and More Perfect Tabernacle – Hebrews 9:11-12 (1/8/2024) - Jesus is our great high priest, who offered himself as a perfect sacrifice, and who serves in a greater and more perfect Tabernacle.
- Coming a Second Time for Those Who Are His – Hebrews 9:28 (8/15/2017) - 2000 years ago Christ came to earth to be a sacrifice for our sin. When he left, it was with a promise that he would return. There are many things in life that we look forward to. But which of them are better than Christ's return for those who are his own.
- Made Holy and Perfect – Hebrews 10:14 (2/14/2023) - Jesus sacrifice on the cross has done for us what we could not do ourselves. His sacrifice has made us holy and perfect.
- Through the Curtain of His Body – Hebrews 10:19-20 (6/25/2023) - At Jesus' death, the curtain in the temple was torn, symbolizing that access to God had given to us through Jesus broken body and blood.
- Enter the Most Holy Place with Confidence – Hebrews 10:22 (1/9/2024) - Make visits to the Most Holy Place a daily occurrence, spending time reflecting on God's glory and being transformed into his image.
- Hold Unswervingly to Hope – Hebrews 10:23 (7/16/2023) - We have a great hope in Christ that nothing in this world can compare with. So hold unswervingly to that hope. Let nothing move you from it.
- Spur One Another On To Love and Deeds – Hebrews 10:24 (8/16/2017) - Think about how to be an encourager today for other believers you come into contact with. Let us consider how to "spur one another on toward love and good deeds." If you struggle with how to do that, start by growing in live and good deeds yourself, and then encourage others to join you.
- Don’t Give Up Meeting Together – Hebrews 10:25 (6/19/2024) - Be a genuine part of a community of believers—not just an attendee but a contributing member. A member who encourages and is encouraged.
- A Better and Lasting Possession – Hebrews 10:34 (11/29/2024) - Be willing to suffer loss as well as give generously to others, being confident that you have better and lasting possessions awaiting you.
- A Faith to Live By: An Active Faith – Hebrews 11:1-2 (10/12/2020) - Hebrews 11 provides a definition of biblical faith. It is a confidence and assurance that results in actions that demonstrate your hope.
- Formed at God’s Command – Hebrews 11:3 (3/9/2023) - This universe, and all it contains, was formed at God's command. And that includes me. So it is only reasonable that I submit to him.
- Faith Is Confidence and Assurance – Hebrews 11:6 (8/17/2017) - Faith is believing that God exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him. Don't just believe he exists. Seek after him.
- By Faith, Noah Built an Ark – Hebrews 11:7 (6/20/2024) - All of us, as believers and disciples of the Lord Jesus, are called to live by faith–a faith that, like Noah’s, responds in obedience to God.
- Strangers in a Foreign Land – Hebrews 11:9-10 (8/17/2022) - As believers, our true home lies beyond this life. So, while here, we should live as strangers in a foreign land.
- Living by Faith – Hebrews 11:13-16 (1/10/2024) - Live as foreigners and strangers in this world, looking forward to the eternal home God has prepared for those who live by faith.
- The World Was Not Worthy of Them – Hebrews 11:36-38 (9/10/2023) - The world is not worthy of God's people. Not because of who we are. But because the one who called us considers us to be of great worth.
- Salvation Under the Old Covenant – Hebrews 11:39-40 (7/17/2023) - How were people saved under the old covenant? It was not by obedience to the law, but by faith. Just like we are today.
- A Great Cloud of Witnesses – Hebrews 12:1-3 (11/4/2013) - As you live your life in Christ, be encouraged by the great cloud of witnesses who came before you, and who are now cheering you on.
- Treat Hardship as Discipline – Hebrews 12:7 (1/11/2024) - God uses the hardships we go through as a form of discipline, training us, and helping us to grow in our faith.
- Running the Race – Hebrews 12:12-13 (12/1/2024) - I can trust God to prepare me for the race he has set out for me. But I need to get off the couch and run that race with perseverance.
- Holiness Is Essential – Hebrews 12:14 (8/18/2022) - Personal holiness is essential in the life of believers. Without holiness, we will not see God or be able to enter into his presence.
- The Poisonous Root of Bitterness – Hebrews 12:15 (11/3/2021) - Bitterness is like a dandelion with a root that runs deep and seeds that will corrupt a whole lawn. Don't allow bitterness to fester.
- The City of the Living God – Hebrews 12:22-24 (7/18/2023) - As believers, we have joined the city of the living God, the new Jerusalem. We have been joined to something much greater than ourselves.
- Keep on Loving One Another – Hebrews 13:1 (7/19/2023) - As believers in the Lord Jesus, we are brothers and sisters in the Lord. And we are to love one another. And to keep on loving one another.
- The Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever – Hebrews 13:8 (6/17/2024) - Don’t let anyone deceive you into thinking that the gospel of Jesus needs a makeover to be relevant in today’s culture.
- Go to Him Outside the Camp – Hebrews 13:12-14 (8/21/2022) - Hebrews calls on us to go to Jesus outside the camp, leaving our old way of life behind and living the new life he died to give us.
- Offering a Sacrifice of Praise – Hebrews 13:15-16 (8/25/2017) - As a royal priesthood, let's offer to God the sacrifices of praise and of doing good to others. God is well pleased with these sacrifices.
- Submit to Those in Authority – Hebrews 13:17 (11/18/2019) - As believers, we are called to submit to those God has put within the body to have authority over us. Make their task a joyful one.
- A Needed Prayer for Today – Hebrews 13:21 (3/10/2023) - Pray that God would equip his people for doing his will. And that he would work in us to produce what is pleasing to him.
- Investment in the Scripture Will Be Rewarded – Hebrews 13:22 (1/12/2024) - The more effort you invest in the Scripture, seeking understanding and obeying its instruction, the greater the reward.
The Epistle to the Hebrews
Devotional readings from the letter written to Jewish believers.
