Day 7

Scripture to Read: Hebrews 6:18-20

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 not done, according to our promise. An “oath” is swearing on someone greater than us, to hold us accountable to follow through on the promise we have made. So, God made His promises throughout His Word and then made an oath, according to Himself, because no one is greater than God. That means we can know, without any doubt, that all of God’s promises will come true. That is why our hope is secure, and as God’s Word says, “we have an anchor of the soul.” The “anchor” is our Lord Jesus Christ, for He came as our Great High Priest and gave Himself as the Perfect Sacrifice to pay the full price for our sin, for all time. Because Christ laid down His life for us, we have the confidence to come into the Holy Presence of God the Father and have sweet fellowship with Him. The veil that was in the temple was ripped from top to bottom when Christ died on the cross. Through Christ, our High Priest, the Holy of Holies was opened to everyone who surrenders to Christ as Lord and Savior.

Challenge & Application

What did you learn today about God’s promises and His oath? Who will you share this truth with today, or least sometime 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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