# 15 2020 Dev. Heb.6:9. Salvation! Read all of Ch. 6-7. The purpose of these devotionals is to draw closer to God and grow spiritually by applying His Word to our daily living. All passages are taken from the NIV.
Hebrews 6:9 “Even though we speak like this, dear friends, we are convinced of better things in your case—the things that have to do with salvation. 10 God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.”
This week is Holy week, it is difficult to feel the peace and joy of Easter without the build up of the season of lent and Palm Sunday services. This year we have missed that as the whole world has missed it. Yet, Easter is much more than going to church all dressed up. Even so, Easter is coming and we may celebrate in our homes and with our families, I pray that it will be a blessed day.
The author of Hebrews continues with his theme of becoming mature; “not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death”. He wants us to have faith in God, not our works. He wants to give us “instruction about cleansing rites, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3 And God permitting, we will do so” in subsequent Chapters. But he begins with a warning: if you “have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age” and in the end reject God and His word it is imposable to be brought back to faith. That is true but only in this sense: God will forgive any and every sin but not the sin of rejecting and grieving the Holy Spirit. I have been asked that question many times when working as a missionary, I answer with: the fact that you are concerned about grieving the Holy Spirit shows me you have not, because if you did, you would not bother to ask.
The author moves on to the certainty of God’s promises and he begins with Abraham. God swore with an oath that Abram would have as many offspring as stars in the sky, against all odds Abraham believed God and “it is reckoned unto him as righteousness.” This same righteousness we have as believers and followers of Jesus. The author shows us that Jesus took our place on the cross to pay all debt we have accrued, as our High Priest after the order of Melchizedek.
Ch.7 compares for us Jesus as High Priest and Melchizedek as High Priest.God’s dealing with His people as “covenantal people” begins here with Abraham and Melchizedek.
Melchizedek: established by God’s oath, Priest of God Most High, King of righteousness, King of peace, High Priest forever. He has life, blessed Abraham whom God chose, and gave Abraham bread and wine. He is a mysterious figure; some commenters think he is the pre- incarnate Christ. Melchizedek pre-figures Jesus, who by God’s word is declared a High Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek. Therefore, Jesus is the final sacrifice to God for the whole world and “because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able to save completely [c] those who come to God through him, because He always lives to intercede for them.”
Praise God, have a blessed Easter.
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