Study Desk

My dear friend and follower of Christ our Lord, please cheer me up by doing this for me.

Please get a room ready for me. I hope your prayers will be answered, and I can visit you.

Epaphras is also here in jail for being a follower of Christ Jesus. He sends his greetings,

God never said to any of the angels, "Sit at my right side until I make your enemies into a footstool for you!"

Somewhere in the Scriptures someone says to God, "What makes you care about us humans? Why are you concerned for weaklings such as we?

You made us lower than the angels for a while. Yet you have crowned us with glory and honor.

What we do see is Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than the angels. Because of God's wonderful kindness, Jesus died for everyone. And now that Jesus has suffered and died, he is crowned with glory and honor!

He had to be one of us, so that he could serve God as our merciful and faithful high priest and sacrifice himself for the forgiveness of our sins.

For forty years your ancestors tested God and saw the things he did.

Who were the people that made God angry for forty years? Weren't they the ones that sinned and died in the desert?

If Joshua had really given the people rest, there would not be any need for God to talk about another day of rest.

A high priest has weaknesses of his own, and he feels sorry for foolish and sinful people.

That is why he must offer sacrifices for his own sins and for the sins of others.

Solid food is for mature people who have been trained to know right from wrong.

So when God wanted to prove for certain that his promise to his people could not be broken, he made a vow.

God cannot tell lies! And so his promises and vows are two things that can never be changed. We have run to God for safety. Now his promises should greatly encourage us to take hold of the hope that is right in front of us.

This hope is like a firm and steady anchor for our souls. In fact, hope reaches behind the curtain and into the most holy place.

And when the rules for selecting a priest are changed, the Law must also be changed.

He is forever able to save the people he leads to God, because he always lives to speak to God for them.

and he is better than any other high priest. Jesus doesn't need to offer sacrifices each day for his own sins and then for the sins of the people. He offered a sacrifice once for all, when he gave himself.