Sanctified by Christ’s One Sacrifice (part one of two)
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Sanctified by Christ’s One Sacrifice (part one of two)

Hebrews 10:1 (CSB)

1Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come, and not the reality itself of those things, it can never perfect the worshipers by the same sacrifices they continually offer year after year.

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The Steps and the One Who Redeems 
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The Steps and the One Who Redeems 

Hebrews 9:16–17 (CSB)  

Where a will exists, the death of the one who made it must be established. For a will is valid only when people die, since it is never in effect while the one who made it is living.  

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The Season of Light
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The Season of Light

Genesis 1:3-5 (courtesy of The Message)  

“3God spoke: “Light!” And light appeared.  

4God saw that light was good and separated light from dark.  

5God named the light Day, he named the dark Night. It was evening, it was morning— Day One.”

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Grateful for the “second room” 
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Grateful for the “second room” 

Hebrews 9:7 (CSB)  

But the high priest alone enters the second room, and he does that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

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The Second One is the Charm
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The Second One is the Charm

Hebrews 8:10 (CSB)  

10For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds and write them on their hearts. I will be their God, and they will be my people.  

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The Better Hope, Part 3
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The Better Hope, Part 3

Hebrews 7:25

Therefore, he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, since he always lives to intercede for them.  

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The Better Hope, Part 2
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The Better Hope, Part 2

Hebrews 7:18–19 (CSB)

 “So the previous command is annulled because it was weak and unprofitable  (for the law perfected nothing), but a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.”

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The Better Hope, Part 1
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The Better Hope, Part 1

Hebrews 7:1–2 (CSB)  

“For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, met Abraham and blessed him as he returned from defeating the kings,  and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means king of righteousness, then also, king of Salem, meaning king of peace”

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The Promise
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The Promise

Hebrews 6:14–16 (CSB)  

 I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply you., And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise. For people swear by something greater than themselves, and for them a confirming oath ends every dispute.  

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