Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.

Hebrew 13:10-25
The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp.  And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.  Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. 
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.  And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
The writer returns, briefly, to his earlier themes. Not the old order but the new. Not the old sacrifices, but Jesus. Not a permanent home on earth, but a city yet to come.
A final appeal. Do good and help one another. Follow your leaders. ANd 'please pray for us': a personal touch at last.
The writer closes with a deeply moving prayer and blessing. He has written to encourage, not censure. He hopes the readers will take this kindly, and that he will see them soon.
Why?
Jesus Christ is a new sacrifice similar to the old testament offering outside the city. His blood may erase our sins forever.
Let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise - the fruit of lips that openly profess his name. And do good and to share with others.
Do out work with joy, for this is come from our heart to love others.
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順服帶領者：怪異的教訓--我們的心是靠耶穌基督的恩典，不是靠遵守飲食的條例得益處。
我們有另外一個祭壇，不是一般祭司所能吃的。是耶穌自己獻上為祭，因信耶穌得著一切的益處。這是舊約的祭司不能得到的。
新舊祭壇都是獻祭，都是在營外燒掉。新的祭壇是出到營外，離開舊的思想、價值觀、走出去，因為耶穌基督是在營外受苦。我們奉獻自己是以善心分享、頌讚為祭。即對神讚美感恩，對人幫助，樂意分享。常常感恩的人不會占為己有，願意分享。 新的祭物： 行神喜悅的事。
最後的祝福：除了耶穌教以外沒有更完全、有效的了。在各樣善事上成全我們，行神喜悅的事。
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How?
Good blessing from the Lord and Jesus Christ is over everything in the world.

It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods

Hebrew 13:1-9
Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 
Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so.
God is concerned with the whole life - the use of him; response to the need of others' marriage; use of money. Love shows itself in practical loving. Follow a good example of those who have gone before - for Christ does not change. Live, not by the rule-book, but by drawing on the inner strength which God provides.
Why?
Practice the good behavior to our home, our marriage, love others with care.
Do not love money for God never leave us, never forsake us when we are following with Jesus.
Be careful about the strange teachings, it is no good for our hearts. and eating ceremonial foods is not good for us neither.
God's grace and righteousness is my foundation of blessing.
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用愛心接待客旅。不是因為習俗或是怕人責備的接待，是否屬靈是看我們如何接待人。
誰是我的鄰舍，反過來我是誰的鄰舍
要感同身受在苦難中的人。愈關心才會更能感同身受。
不可貪心，貪心就會不滿足，於是行許多惡行。貪心是所有不可...的根源。床是聖潔的，不可貪戀別的女人。在主裏要滿足，否則想抓更多，因此永遠不滿足。
記念傳道給你們的人，即要做人的榜樣。這一切的基礎就是耶穌基督永不改變。過去主如何帶領過去的人，現在一樣繼續帶領我們。
How?
Live out the character of Chrisitan before others.

生命的源頭 詩篇36：7～12

生命的源頭
臺南聖教會。  高敏智牧師。 2020／3／29
思想：
1.水源頭的汙染
   一滴清水落入汙水沒有用。重要在水的源頭
    我眼中不怕神
    終不顯露，不被恨惡
     他與智慧善行已經斷絕
     行不善的道
  源頭的完美
   耶和華啊！你的慈愛上及諸天，信實達到穹蒼，公義好像高山，判斷如同深淵
2.水流的分叉絕路

1.  生命…悲劇？…轉機！
生命源頭 --完美清潔
汙染源--自媚與詭詐…自大與自欺
回到啟初的愛…懼怕黑，尋找光，行在光中
自己決定的恩典。你不願意去嘗試，去相信，怎能知道？
2. 在你光中，我們必得見光
  願你 常施慈愛
3. 不容驕傲人的腳踐踏我
   詩篇36～11.12。  書1：5
大綱:
1.生命的源頭的榮耀與量度
2.從起初的光到永恆的光
3.趁著有光衝破黑暗捆綁
   光在你們中間還有不多的時候，
當我們知道看不見的比看得見的更可怕。
挑戰：
1.今日聖殿的禱告與機會
2.這一生最大的挑戰，看見最大的恩典。

Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy

Hebrew 12:14-29
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness no one will see the Lord.
You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”  The words “once more” indicate the removing of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that what cannot be shaken may remain.
Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our “God is a consuming fire.”
This section is one of encouragement and warning. Count your assets and don't turn back. You have come to God in a better way than the errors of Sinai, the writer says, and he sets out the glories of heaven for us to see. Be thankful, be grateful, respond to God in worship. Live to please him. There is no escape for those who refuse him; they will find him 'a consuming fire.
Why?
God is consuming fire but through Jesus' blood we may come to the Lord without fear. God is fire everyone should fear Him, God will shake the world and heaven one more, so the final judgment will come, no one can escape the judgment.
What we can do is make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy; without holiness, no one will see the Lord.
要與人和睦
繼續奔跑就要忍受苦難。人容易驕傲，自以為可以忍耐，繼續奔跑，而去責備別人，自以為義。屬靈生命成長不是讀經禱告時間，講道多麼好，是看與人相處情形，散發出吸引人的香氣，這就是與人和睦。
追求聖潔與與人和睦放在一起講:是看其為人處事
三個恐怕，即追求世俗。長子名分不能解決目前飢餓，這飢餓還不致死啊！無法忍受暫時的苦難。貪戀世俗是無法忍受眼前的逼迫與難處，不是不能買好車... 不要因暫時的苦難放棄了信仰。大部份人認同的不見得是真理。
西奈山是可怕的，人無法承擔靠近的，新約是錫安山，是可接近的地方有歡樂的地方。亞伯的血是控告，耶穌的血是恩典。
神是烈火是可怕的，卻也可照亮我們，溫暖我們，潔淨我們。
How?
Make every effort to live in peace with everyone and to be holy.

Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children

Hebrew 12:3-13
My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and he chastens everyone he accepts as his son.
Endure hardship as discipline; God is treating you as his children. For what children are not disciplined by their father?
God disciplines us for our good, in order that we may share in his holiness.
Therefore, strengthen your feeble arms and weak knees.
He did not give up when he faced the cross. Fix your eyes on him. THink what he went through - and don't be discouraged.
Accept suffering as a correction from a loving Father, evidence that he cares and wants the best for us. This discipline is like an athlete's training. The pain is short-term: the reward, lasting. So brace the trembling limbs and keep going.
Why?
Goe will discipline us as discipline his son, for these suffering is like discipline for our good.
It is like a father disciplines his son. So let us strengthen our feeble arms and weak knees. 
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抵擋罪惡，還沒有到流血的地步。他們所受的與耶穌相比，算是很輕的，我們忍受罪人的頂撞，要學習耶穌在十字架上的受苦。因此就不會疲倦灰心。
主所愛的一定會受神的管教。管教不一定是我們犯錯，而是策勵我們努力向上，神透過一些特別的方式，例如苦難來鞭策我們。

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How?
Trust in the Lord and he will lead us to the best life and gives us the best than this world can give.

Run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus

Hebrew 11:29-12:02
Those who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,  quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.
They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated— the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, living in caves and in holes in the ground.
These were all commended for their faith, yet none of them received what had been promised, since God had planned something better for us so that only together with us would they be made perfect.
And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
And there were many more like these. Yet none of them received what God had promised - because he had a better plan, says the writer, one that included us too.
As for us, we are surrounded by these heroes of faith. They are looking on, crowding around the track to see us run. So, strip off everything that hinders, and run the Christian race to the finish. COnsider Christ - the ultimate example of faith its pioneer and perfector.
Why?
There are many men did good witnesses for us, so we do not fear but encouragement for the Lord planned something better for us than anything we are struggling to.
Many people were dead for Jesus Christ, they lost their life but God prepares better for them.
What we have to do is run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus.
信心不是因為看見，而是神應許的保守。以色列人和埃及人都看見紅海的乾地，卻與埃及人無關。
沒提大衛，卻提出拉合，她是最底層的人，她因信全家得救，論行為，血統，性別都沒資格，信仰，信心是超越猶太教的傳統。
信心的力量超越苦難。相信神賜的福超越地上的。舊約的榜樣停在喇合，新約的榜樣是耶穌。
罪是重擔，個人興趣，喜好，家庭，若看的比神重要就是重擔，攔阻，是否看重神的應許。
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Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.

Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see

Hebrew 11:1-28
Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. This is what the ancients were commended for.
By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.
By faith Abel brought God a better offering than Cain did. 
By faith Enoch was taken from this life, so that he did not experience death.
By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family.
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.
All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth.
The substance of this whole passage follows directly from 1-:39: 'We are not people who turn back... we have faith.' The faith that is needed is an ongoing confident reliance on God, come what may. To have faith is to be certain - not of the here and now, the tangible things - but about the realities we cannot see. To believe that God made the world, creating what we see from invisible resources is itself a matter of faith.
The Old Testament abounds in examples of people who won God's approval by trusting him to keep his promises, taking him at his word. The stories of how they lived and died 'in faith' stand on record and the writer run through the list of the most remarkable of these examples of faith. All of them looked forward to the time when God would fulfill his promises: none of then actually lived to see it. Their sights were set on a 'better country'. And God has a place prepared for them: he is proud to own them and be known as their God.
In answer to faith, God has given remarkable triumphs and victories. But not always. Faiths demonstrated - equally - through those who have endured imprisonment, torture and death.
Why?
Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see because we would not see it so but we trust it.
By faith, there were many people who approved God's faith and God is worthy to be worshiped.
All of us are a foreigner on earth, our life is short, but we have faith that the Lord will gives us more we can see when we follow God's way.
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我們身體被清潔後就不要再弄髒了。
我們因信心十足以致靈魂得救。
信心的功課，信心的偉人。
信心是我們盼望的一個保證。盼望那還沒有看見的。1.信神創造世界 2.靠信得神的喜悅。不是先做好了，做完美神才喜悅，而是因為我們的信，所以喜悅我們所做的。亞伯不是禮物比較好，而是亞伯這個人神喜歡。
諾亞： 聽、感動、行動。亞伯拉罕：聽而信而信。神的應許超過我們在地上所追求的產業。我們積極盼望而且是喜樂的盼望。
為神受苦比地上的一切更寶貴，那麼神將來所賜的更美、更好。
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How?
In faith I keep going in God's word, by faith I won't afraid and I trust in Jesus Christ as my savior.

So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded

Hebrew 10:19-39
Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water.
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may super one another on toward love and good deeds.
Let us not give up meeting together. Let us encourage one another and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
But only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume the enemies of God.
How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God under foot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sacrificed him and who has insulted the Spirit of grace.
You suffered along with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions. So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
Jesus has won for us open access to the presence of God. So let us come near to God', the writer urges. Hold firm to the hope that is ours in Christ. God can be trusted to keep his promise, There is no sacrifice left that will save those who oppose God, despise God's Son and insult his spirit. IT is a fearsome thing to face judgment at the hand of the living God. 
These are people who have suffered for their faith, who have gladly endured loss. Keep up your courage, the writer urges. Hols on, Patient endurance will be rewarded, 'Just a little while longer...'
Why?
Four encouragements: draw near to God with a sincere heart, Hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, do not give up meeting together, encourage one another and all the more as you see the Day approaching. God is faithful to all his followers.
How?
Do it and trust in the Lord, Jesus Christ.

For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.

Hebrew 10:1-18
Christ’s Sacrifice Once for All. 
The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves. For this reason it can never, by the same sacrifices repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.
It is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. 
First he said, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor were you pleased with them”—though they were offered in accordance with the law. Then he said, “Here I am, I have come to do your will.” He sets aside the first to establish the second. And by that will, we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
This is the covenant I will make with them after that time, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds.
The writer continues to press home his point that the old repeated sacrifices could only remind people of their sins, not remove them. What the law could not do. Christ has done. His offering is effective forever. No further sacrifice is needed. Sins and misdeeds are not only forgiven but forgotten.
Why?
By the law have to make the sacrifice every year by the priest and it means never erase sins, but reminder the sins. Only Jesus Christ came and made atonement once and erase sins forever.
This is a great idea of the Lord for all of us.
This is written in the Bible and described by the words of the Lord.
God sets aside the first to establish the second, for the first one is not good enough, so Jesus came as a sacrifice forever.
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舊約的獻祭只是叫人想起罪，舊約的祭只是天上的影像，不是真的能夠除罪。提醒人是罪人，罪的代價就是死亡流血，不能用任何行為來除罪。耶穌是順服，神不要與人的交易，而是喜悅人的順服。牛羊的祭只是平息神的憤怒，是為神的公義。並非神喜愛祭物。
神喜歡開通我們的耳朵，將律法放在人心裏。開通我們的耳朵本意是七年時間到，奴僕可以得自由，但是因為愛主人而願意繼續在主人家中做僕人，因為主人待他好，甘心樂意。將順服送給神，在肉身和我們一樣，仍然照著神的旨意行，人做不到的耶穌幫我們做到了。
小孩子後懲罰，不是父母的喜悅，孩子聽父母的話才討父母的喜悅。
耶穌一次獻祭，一次獻上，得以成聖。我們不必再控告自己，我們的罪都因信耶穌蒙潔淨。
神的話在我們心裏，就是我們的心裏已經改變，信仰是生命的更新，不是參加聚會、小組、主日...我們生命的本質改變，行出神所喜悅的事。
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How?
Trust in Jesus Christ and confess our sins and obey God's word to be a real Christian.

The Blood of Christ

Hebrew 9:16-28
In fact, the law requires that nearly everything be cleansed with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.  It was necessary, then, for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 
But he has appeared once for all at the culmination of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of himself. Just as people are destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many; and he will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for him.
And the very repetition of the sacrifice made its ineffectiveness all too clear. It was also limited. For sin with a high hand or deliberate, premeditated sin, there was no atonement, only punishment.
When Christ came, the whole system was reformed; a new order began. As perfect high priest, he offered himself as the perfect sacrifice - a single voluntary offering, effective for all time, setting people free from the wrongs they have done. And his death brought the terms of his will the new covenant into effect. For he went into heaven itself, to stand on our behalf in the presence of God. SIn has been removed. When he returns it will be to save.
Why?
Jesus Christ did the thing great salvation, which sacrifice himself once for our sins and this salvation is available forever, do not like the Law have to sacrifice each year. This is the salvation to all and forever. For Jesus Christ is a new way of God to give a new way to human beings.
For cleansed sin have to shed blood so Jesus Christ sacrificed himself for us. Without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness.
How?
Realized the grace of God and Jesus Christ shedding of blood for me. What I have to do is obey his word and honor God's Holy Name in my daily life.

Shadow and reality: the perfect sacrifice

Hebrew 9:1-15
But only the high priest entered the inner room, and that only once a year, and never without blood, whihc he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tavbernacle was still standing.
When Christ came as high priest of the good things that are alread here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not man-made, that is to say, not ap part of this creation.
How much , then, will the blood of Christ, who trhrough the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God.
The writer‘s thoughts are again back in the time of the exodus, when God made his covenant with Israel through Moses, and gave them the pattern on which to construct his Tent, the Tabernacle. THe Temple was later modelled ont it - but it is not the Temple he has in mind here. Although God had chosen to live with his people, in a tent like their own, they had no right of access to him. THe layout of the Tavernacle and the whole system of animal sacrifice emphasized God’s separateness and the people’s sins. The high priest, the only person allowed to enter the inner sanctuary, went in every year on the Day of Atonement.
Why?


How?
Jesus Christ became the high priest of the good thing, he offered himself unblemished to God for our salvation.

The ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of priests

Hebrew 8:1-13
But in fact the ministry Jesus has received is as superior to theirs as the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to the old one, since the new covenant is established on better promises.
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.
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.
By calling this covenant “new,” he has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and outdated will soon disappear.
Jesus is different from all other high priests. His priestly work in heaven is the reality of which theirs are mere copies and shadowy reflection. 'If there had been nothing wrong with the old covenant, there would have been no need for a new one'. But God's people were unable to keep their side of the agreement, as the prophet Jeremiah made plain in looking forward to the day when God would draw up a new one, The old agreement was external, based on obeying God's rules. It was bound to fail. The new rests on knowledge and understanding, a unity of heart and mind between God and his people.
Why?
Jesus is appointed by the Lord for a new covenant for all of Israel and people. Because the covenant with people of Isreal and Judah could not keep them away from sins and disobedience.
God made a new way, Jesus Christ is superior to the old covenant.
This is called new, which means old is useless to God's people.
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耶穌坐在至大者的右邊，即在真帳幕中做祭司，不是摩西時代的帳幕，當時的只是天上的影子，地上的模型。模型永遠不是真的，只是天上儀式的影像。背後的意義更重要。因此不要局限於儀式，以為一定要照著原來的儀式，而忽略背後的儀式。例如聖餐不能是儀式，要知道背後的含義。吃喝代表在生活中，必須生活化，不能儀式化。
我們如何不要停留在儀式中?聖經中三個新；以賽亞書：新路，沙漠開道路，以西結：新心，耶利米書：新約
舊約寫在石板，新約寫在心板上，舊約是得知識，新約是得生命，生命的連結。這是更美的事奉
思想我們今天的事奉是從心裏做的，還是做給人看的?
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How?
Honor the name of Jesus Chris, this the salvation gift from to Lord to everyone who accepts Jesus.

Because Jesus always lives to intercede for them

Hebrew 7:18-22
The former regulation is set aside because it was weak and useless (for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.
Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.
Because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. 
He sacrificed for their sins once for all when he offered himself. For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
Jesus, who came from the royal strive of Judah, not the priestly tribe of  Levi, is the one who has given us ' a better hope, through which we approach God' and the guarantee of a better covenant. He offered himself as a once-and-for-all sacrifice, so he is able to save, for all time, those who approach God through him. The order has been replaced with a better one.
Why?
Jesus lives forever, so he always lives to intercede for us.
The law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness, but God with an oath, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever. All of these are for the salvation of all men.
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特點： 是中保之約，更美的指望
舊約的祭司是否肉體的，會死亡，有罪的。舊約的條例是軟弱、無益的
起誓立的，神指著自己起誓立的。神的話語存到永遠，所以沒有終止的時候。不受時間、空間的限制。
耶穌長遠為我們祈求，為眾聖徒禱告、知道我們每個人的軟弱，可以拯救我們到底。
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How?
Jesus is the way only to heaven and has everlasting life to all of us. Follow the way of Jesus and accept Jesus in my heart as my master.

You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek

Hebrew 7:1-17
This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and blessed him, and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, the name Melchizedek means “king of righteousness”; then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.” Without father or mother, without genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, resembling the Son of God, he remains a priest forever. 
If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood—and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood—why was there still need for another priest to come, one in the order of Melchizedek, not in the order of Aaron?
For it is declared: “You are a priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.”
Chapter 7 carries it forward. Jesus has superseded the Levitical priesthood by becoming a high priest for all time. This face is anticipated in Psalm 110, where the Messiah is described as a priest of a different order. The shadowy figure of Melchizedek reflects something of the nature of CHrist's priesthood - the dual role of king and priest; the timelessness of it; its superiority to the old order. Levit in a sense acknowledged this by paying Melchizedek tithes through his ancestor Abraham! If the priesthood of Aaron and his fellow Levites had been good enough, no change would have been needed. But in fact, neither these men nor the old religious system could meed the needs of sinful humanity, A different and better kind of priesthood, one not resting one he correct line of physical descent, was needed.
Why?
Jesus is in the level of Melchizedek, a priest of God most high. If the Levitical priesthood is perfect why Jesus come? Jesus Christ is a high priest forever, and not a resting priest to help people erase from sins.
Jesus is a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek, he is not a human priest.
No one knows where Melchizedek came from? when he was born?
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前面神給我們雙重的保證。因為人的軟弱，所以神用此兩事來保證。
這個指望如同大祭司可以進入內室。
照著麥基洗德的等次：耶穌不是利未支派，可是猶大支派。所以耶穌成為大祭司是超越利未人，照著麥基洗德的等次，無父無母，耶穌基督在肉身沒有家譜，出生之日，沒有起點沒有終點。不是麥基洗德沒有父母，只是沒有人知道他的身世、家譜。所以耶穌與麥基洗德相似。麥基洗德的等次超越亞伯拉罕。亞伯拉罕向麥基洗德獻上十一奉獻，利未人是亞伯拉罕的後裔，所以耶穌超越亞伯拉罕。
神沒有讓耶穌從利未支派出來，因為向來利未支派是不完全的。這個律法的身份，職分是不完全的，肉體的條例成為大祭司就有限制，有死亡。耶穌是永恆、不屬於肉體的，不朽壞的。告訴以色列人，不要再走過去的利未系統。猶太人知道所有先知都死了，不把他們當作不朽的。沒有崇拜這些先知，或是把他們當作神。這是很特別的。我們很容易造神！我們可以將屬靈長者當作榜樣，卻不將他們當作神。我們都是耶穌基督的門徒，不是這些屬靈長者的門徒。
脫去舊人，成為新人。不是按照肉體，體貼聖靈，關心永恆的生命。願我們成為新人得以承受新的生命。
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How?
Jesus is beyond Aaron, the Levites, and a high priest of God forever.

Show this same diligence to the very end

Hebrew 6:9-20
We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized. We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.
And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised.
God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.
There will then be no hope for them, for they have refused the one available means of forgiveness. This is where their thinking is leading them, though they have not yet reached the point of no return.
A warning is quickly followed by encouragement. The writer cannot believe they will go so far - or that God will allow it. God's promise is certain. Our hope fo receiving God's blessing is therefore certain too. Jesus has gone into the 'heavenly Temple' before us; there on our behalf in the presence of God and we will share his glory.
Why?
We have to show our same diligence to the very end for God sees what we have done. And keep our behalf right and good is important, such as Abraham received what was promised. So we have faith to receive the promise from the Lord through Jesus.
Jesus Christ is our leader, who has entered heaven on our behalf, Jesus Chris becomes a high priest forever so we have two unchangeable things. 1)God is impossible to lie 2) Jesus has entered heaven to be a high priest forever, who is helping us.
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一個人認識神，又離開神，就與神無關了。相信這些人是沒有真認識神。人雖然得救了，還要堅持到底，如亞伯拉罕最後得到應許。
持守救恩，必定得救。同樣的殷勤有滿足的指望，你們的盼望可以完全實現。即堅持起初所信的。
持守的過程中有許多的挑戰，憑信心傚法過去好的聖徒。面對這些逼迫，不僅身體上且包括思想上的逼迫。耶穌超越舊約、過去的先知，超越我們所知道的，超越這個世界的知識。我們今天也面對許多世界價值觀的衝擊，各行的誘惑，我們也容易落入成就感的誘惑中。如教會增長、人數增加的成就所誘惑。顯出殷勤，還要信心和忍耐來承受恩典。
耶穌給我們的信心，持守的原動力是1)神不改變的應許2)神的發誓，對著神自己發誓來證明他的旨意永不更改。用這兩件事來證明、保證神絕不說謊。神的話絕不落空。因此我們可以有動力來堅持到底。
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How?
Be encourage, trust in the Lord, walk on his way for God's way is higher than what I am seeing and thinking.