July 28, 2021 – A Study on the Book of Hebrews

“For if there had been nothing wrong with that first covenant, no place would have been sought for another. But God found fault with the people and said:“The days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and with the people of Judah.
It will not be like the covenant I made with their ancestors
when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt,
because they did not remain faithful to my covenant,
and I turned away from them, declares the Lord.
This is the covenant I will establish with the people of Israel
after that time, declares the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God,
and they will be my people. No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.” Hebrews 8:7-13

“If children have learned a thing by heart, rather than merely by rote, they have made it their own, and it remains with them. A man with whom God the Holy Spirit deals is one who does not have to go to Exodus 20 to know what the law is. He does not need to stop and ask concerning most things, “Is this right?” or “Is this wrong?” but he carries within him a balance and a scale, a standard and test by which he can try these things for himself. He has the law of his God written upon his heart, so that, almost as soon as he looks at a thing, he begins to perceive whether there is evil in it, or whether it is good. (The Letter to the Hebrews: The Pillar New Testament Commentary, Precept Austin, Commentary on Hebrews 8:7-9)

Faith will be more than do this or do that
Mere words on stone — so dead and flat
Instead it will be carved on soft living tissue
Not a scribbling but a cutting into human potential

It Will be Written Clearly Upon their Hearts
says the Lord
Where All Who Know Me Will Play a Part
says the Lord
My People will Surely be Well Known
says the Lord
Through works of the Heart; not Stone
says the Lord

Faith will be more than do this or do that
Mere words on stone — so dead and flat
Instead it will be carved on soft living tissue
Not a scribbling but a cutting into human potential

Pastor Dave