Heirs of the Promise (Hebrews 6:13-20)
Bob Schultz, February 21, 2016Part of the Book of Hebrews series, preached at a Sunday Morning service
This week we will study Hebrews 6:13-20 as our writer develops the character of God related to the promises of God, so that His children would have genuine hope in the middle of their difficult circumstances and persecution. In addition, that all of us would have hope in our circumstances that are very often not what we would wish them to be.
This message titled, "Heirs of the Promise" contains one of the great poetic and powerful verses in the whole Bible, "This hope we have as an anchor of the soul." All of this is based in the unchangeableness of God's character.
Hebrews 6:13–20 (Listen)
13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14 saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” 15 And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. 16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes an oath is final for confirmation. 17 So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed it with an oath, 18 so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us. 19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain, 20 where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf, having become a high priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.
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