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Philemon 1:8
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I write to you to ask you a favor. I could make a demand of you because it is the right thing to do in God's eyes,
Philemon 1:13
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I really wanted to keep him here to help me while I'm locked up. Because he belongs to you, it would be as if you yourself were here helping me.
Philemon 1:16
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I don't want you to look at him like a slave anymore, but rather a brother like he is to me. You have not lost anything by this, but gained so much more because now you have a cowboy who rides for the Lord.
Hebrews 2:14
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Because God's kids are flesh and blood, Jesus was also made flesh and blood. Only as a human could Jesus suffer death. And only through dying could he defeat the devil, who has the power of death.
Hebrews 2:15
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Jesus died for us and so has freed us from the power of fear of dying. No longer are we afraid to die because Jesus did it for us.
Hebrews 4:4
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He already told us this when the Good Book said, "On the seventh day, God sat down and rested because he was done."
Hebrews 4:6
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This all means some will still get the rest they're looking for, and others who've heard the good news and didn't trust in it, did not and will not. It ain't because God don't love them. It's because they don't love God.
Hebrews 4:16
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Because of this, we know that our wrong turns won't be held against us in front of God. We can go right up to him and know he sees his son's ride and not our own. This gives us the confidence we need to finish it out when the trail turns rank.
Hebrews 5:2
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But a trail guide needs to be understanding of the hardships of the trail because he followed the same one.
Hebrews 5:4
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No one can be a trail guide because he wants the notoriety. He must be called by God just like Aaron was.
Hebrews 5:7
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While Jesus still rode on this earth, he offered up tears and groans to the only one who could rescue him from the outlaw called death. And because of his faithfulness, God listened.
Hebrews 5:8
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But just because he was God's Son, Jesus still learned what it meant to obey God. He didn't learn obedience through anything more than the hard trail he rode.
Hebrews 5:9
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Because of this, God made him the last trail guide. The trail Jesus forged became the way to heaven for all those who ride with him.
Hebrews 5:11
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Now there's a whole bunch left to say on this subject, but I'll let it go for now. It's hard to explain and some of y'all are still greenhorns. Not because you don't know how to ride, but because you don't know how to listen or believe.
Hebrews 6:18
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God made an oath and a promise. These two things are guaranteed because God can't lie. Those of us who've fled to the shelter underneath him are guaranteed what he promised.
Hebrews 7:5
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The Code makes a ten percent tithe mandatory and all the priests descending from Levi collect it because God said to.
Hebrews 7:6
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But Mel wasn't a descendant of Levi and he got a tenth from Abe. But it wasn't just one-sided. Because Abraham gave, Mel blessed his socks right off.
Hebrews 7:9
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You could even say those Levites who collected the tithes were kind of paying Mel a tithe because Abraham did.
Hebrews 7:15
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I mentioned that the trail had changed. That's because there is a new trail boss, one who closely resembled old Mel.
Hebrews 7:16
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Jesus is the trail boss now. It's not because he was papered a certain way, it's because he has the power of everlasting life.
 
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