Day 6

Scripture to Read: Hebrews 6:13-17

God leads the writer of Hebrews to use Himself as an example. God is reminding the Jewish Christians, and us today, that He made a promise to Abraham. God made this promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:2 “And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing.” So, we know Abraham was going to become a great nation. Then God confirmed His promise to Abraham in Genesis 15:4-5. God wants all Christians to know that His promises are ones we can know will come true. God even uses the writer of Hebrews to write in verses 13-14, “when God made the promise to Abraham, He swore [an oath] by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom to swear, 14 saying, ‘I will surely bless you and I will surely multiply you.’” (AMP Bible) Even though Abraham and Sarah took matters into their own hands, God still kept His promise when Isaac was born to Abraham and Sarah. We, as humans, now sign contracts that bind us to our promises and we have lawyers, who are greater than us, write these documents to hold us accountable to follow through on our promises. The point of Hebrews 6:13-17 is if we, as humans, trust in man-made contracts, how much more can we trust God with His promises? God bound Himself with His oath so that anyone who receives His promise can be sure that He won’t change His mind.

Challenge & Application

What did you learn today about God and His promises? How does this change the way you see your salvation in Christ? Who will you share the promises of God with this week?

Don’t forget to pray using the A.C.T.S. (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, Supplication) method!

Devotionals from this week

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Day 1

When we examined Hebrews 5, we found God using the writer of Hebrews to lovingly rebuke the Jewish Christians and any immature Christians since then, NOT to be childish as followers of Christ. So, we read in Hebrews 6:1 God leading the writer to contin- ue with this loving rebuke. We need to be growing as believers and get beyond the basic el...

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Day 2

We know we should always be maturing in our walk with our Lord and His Word. God warns us, in the last half of Hebrews 6:1, that we don’t need to get in a rut continually re-hashing the fundamental importance of repentance from things we know to be evil. Nor should we be wondering about our faith in Him. Every believer, who has been a Christ...

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Day 3

Hebrews 6:4-6 sounds like someone has been saved and then loses their salvation. Hebrews 6:4 says they have been “enlightened” and that they “have tasted of the heavenly gift,” and that they have “shared (been made partakers) of the Holy Spirit.” To better understand Hebrews 6:4-6, we need to read the parable by our Lord Jesus Christ in Matt...

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Day 4

We continue today, examining whether we can lose our salvation or not. The evidence throughout God’s Word is that we cannot lose our salvation. What God’s Word does teach is that many people will come close to receiving salvation but will settle for religion, which is not salvation in Christ but a worthless counterfeit. The illustration God u...

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Day 5

Today we walk through verses 9-12 and uncover more of God’s rich truth. We need to remember that the Jewish Christians the letter of Hebrews was originally written to, were going through intense persecution and were struggling, because of the persecution, in their walk with our Lord Jesus Christ. As God led the writer to pen His Word, we find...

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Day 6

God leads the writer of Hebrews to use Himself as an example. God is reminding the Jewish Christians, and us today, that He made a promise to Abraham. God made this promise to Abraham in Genesis 12:2 “And I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing.” So, we know Abraham was g...

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Day 7

As we read Hebrews 6:18-20, we continue from yesterday’s devotion that God’s promises are true and we can count on His promises because He has made an oath by His own Name. God’s promises and God’s oath are never going to change because God cannot lie. The difference between a promise and an oath is that the “promise” is what will be done, or...

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