Heb 10:14 For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Heb 10:15 And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us; for after saying,
Heb 10:16 “This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my laws on their hearts, and write them on their minds,”
Heb 10:17 then he adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds no more.”
Heb 10:18 Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin.
The Full Assurance of Faith
Heb 10:19 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
Heb 10:20 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,
Heb 10:21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God,
Heb 10:22 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Heb 10:23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
Heb 10:24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
Heb 10:25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Heb 10:26 For if we go on sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,
Heb 10:27 but a fearful expectation of judgment, and a fury of fire that will consume the adversaries.
Heb 10:28 Anyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses.
Heb 10:29 How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace?
Heb 10:30 For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
Heb 10:31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Heb 10:32 But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,
Heb 10:33 sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.
Heb 10:34 For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.
Heb 10:35 Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward.
Heb 10:36 For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised.
Heb 10:37 For, “Yet a little while, and the coming one will come and will not delay;
Heb 10:38 but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”
Heb 10:39 But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
Heb 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. —ESV
Hold onto your Shield, you are destined for a great reward.
1. Hold onto your shield while you do the
of God.
Heb 10:36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised. —NIV
2. Hold onto your shield while you
your
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Heb 10:36 You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.
Heb 10:37 For, “In just a little while, he who is coming will come and will not delay.”
Heb 10:38 And, “But my righteous one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure in the one who shrinks back.”
Heb 10:39 But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.
Heb 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. —NIV
Waiting on the Lord Involves patience:
Psa 40:1 For the choir director: A psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry. —
- Patience is an act of our
- Patience is
- Patience is not
- Patience is the laying down of the burden of knowing exactly what is going on. (Omniscience)
Ephesians 6:16 (NLT)
16 In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil. —NLT
QUOTE:
“Believing in God means we believe He knows what He is doing.” —Keller
Waiting on the Lord involves an eternal mindset and an eternal perspective.
Hab 2:1 I will climb up to my watchtower and stand at my guardpost. There I will wait to see what the LORD says and how he will answer my complaint.
Hab 2:2 Then the LORD said to me, “Write my answer plainly on tablets, so that a runner can carry the correct message to others.
Hab 2:3 This vision is for a future time. It describes the end, and it will be fulfilled. If it seems slow in coming, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed.
Hab 2:4 “Look at the proud! They trust in themselves, and their lives are crooked. But the righteous will live by their faithfulness to God. —NLTQUOTE:
God usually answers my prayers with instructions, ideas and commands, not usually with full-blown miracles, not usually “Boom”, there’s the answer. Usually, I ask God for something then He asks me for something. If you are feeling a little frustrated, like where is the answer, maybe you are missing it because God is actually asking something of you and in His instructions, and in His command and in His idea is the answer. —Jabin Chavez
3. Holding onto your shield will lead to a
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Heb 10:35 Do not, therefore, fling away your [fearless] confidence, for it has a glorious and great reward.
Heb 10:36 For you have need of patient endurance [to bear up under difficult circumstances without compromising], so that when you have carried out the will of God, you may receive and enjoy to the full what is promised. —AMP
- After we have carried out the will of God, we will receive our promised reward.
Reward now and in the future.
Reward in the Present:
- Joy
Php 4:7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. —NIV
- __Assurance __of salvation
Heb 10:14 For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.
Heb 10:15 The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:
Heb 10:16 “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.”
Heb 10:17 Then he adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”
Heb 10:18 And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice for sin is no longer necessary. —NIV
- Anointing (Power resting on us)
- The presence of Jesus
- The Holy Spirit in us and with us
- Dunamis Power
- The fruit of the spirit
Reward in the Future:
- The Judgement Seat of Christ.
- Eternal Life
- A resurrected body
4. Hold onto your shield while you hold it
to the
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Heb 10:24 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
Heb 10:25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Deeper Dive:
Php 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
Php 4:5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.
Php 4:6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
Php 4:7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Php 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Php 4:9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
NIV
Psa 40:1 For the choir director: A psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD to help me, and he turned to me and heard my cry.
Psa 40:2 He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along.
Psa 40:3 He has given me a new song to sing, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see what he has done and be amazed. They will put their trust in the LORD.
Psa 40:4 Oh, the joys of those who trust the LORD, who have no confidence in the proud or in those who worship idols.
Psa 40:5 O LORD my God, you have performed many wonders for us. Your plans for us are too numerous to list. You have no equal. If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds, I would never come to the end of them.
Psa 40:6 You take no delight in sacrifices or offerings. Now that you have made me listen, I finally understand—you don’t require burnt offerings or sin offerings.
Psa 40:7 Then I said, “Look, I have come. As is written about me in the Scriptures:
Psa 40:8 I take joy in doing your will, my God, for your instructions are written on my heart.”
NLT
Rom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of this Good News about Christ. It is the power of God at work, saving everyone who believes—the Jew first and also the Gentile.
Rom 1:17 This Good News tells us how God makes us right in his sight. This is accomplished from start to finish by faith. As the Scriptures say, “It is through faith that a righteous person has life.”
The Whole Armor of God
Eph 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
Eph 6:11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.
Eph 6:12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
Eph 6:13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand.
Eph 6:14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,
Eph 6:15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace.
Eph 6:16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.
Eph 6:17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.