Good morning. For this
reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, in order that since a death has
taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under
the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the
eternal inheritance. Under the old covenant every time a sin was committed the
death of an animal had to occur. With the new covenant there was a one-time
offering for sin – Jesus. As a result, we who have been called receive the
promise of the eternal inheritance. If we inherit something from someone while
we are alive, the inheritance lasts only while we're still living. This
inheritance lasts even after we die. Where there is a covenant there must of
necessity be the death of the one who made it. For a covenant is valid only
when men are dead, for it is never enforced while the one who made it lives.
While they are alive, they don't need a covenant. It is only after that they
are dead that you need a document stating the agreement. While they are alive,
they keep it on their own honor. He then talks about Moses sprinkling blood on
everything to cleanse it. He then mentions that Jesus offered Himself only
once. He does not need to do it year after year like the blood of animals was
needed by the high priest every year. In as much as it is appointed for man to
die once and after that comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered
once to bear the sins of many, He shall appear a second time for salvation
without sin, to those who eagerly await Him. Father thank You that Jesus
offered Himself for our sins. Through Him we have an eternal salvation and
inheritance.
Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me
Good morning. Paul then gives a list of a lot of things that he has gone through as an apostle. I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. There could be many people that you listen to either in church or through the Internet or other means; but there was only one person (as a general rule it was a person) that lead you to Christ. Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. He was saying that just like a child imitates his or her father, they were to imitate him. He says that again seven chapters later. Since it is easy to forget some things about people we have not seen in a while, Paul says that he sent Timothy to them to remind them of his ways which are in Christ, just as he taught everywhere in every church. Some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. I shall find ou...
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