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Then He said, "I have come to do what You want Me to do." And this is what He did when He died on a cross. God did away with the Old Way of Worship and made a New Way of Worship.

Our sins are washed away and we are made clean because Christ gave His own body as a gift to God. He did this once for all time.

But Christ gave Himself once for sins and that is good forever. After that He sat down at the right side of God.

He is waiting there for God to make of those who have hated Him a place to rest His feet.

And by one gift He has made perfect forever all those who are being set apart for God-like living.

We now come to God by the new and living way. Christ made this way for us. He opened the curtain, which was His own body.

We have a great Religious Leader over the house of God.

And so let us come near to God with a true heart full of faith. Our hearts must be made clean from guilty feelings and our bodies washed with pure water.

Let us hold on to the hope we say we have and not be changed. We can trust God that He will do what He promised.

Instead, we will stand before God and on that day He will judge us. And the hot fires of hell will burn up those who work against God.

How much more will a man have to be punished if he walks on and hates the Son of God? How much more will he be punished if he acts as if the blood of God's New Way of Worship is worth nothing? This New Way of Worship is God's way of making him holy. How much more will he be punished if he laughs at the Holy Spirit Who wanted to show him loving-favor?

For we know God said, "I will pay back what is coming to them." And, "The Lord will judge His people."

The very worst thing that can happen to a man is to fall into the hands of the living God!

You must be willing to wait without giving up. After you have done what God wants you to do, God will give you what He promised you.

For the one right with God lives by faith. If anyone turns back, I will not be pleased with him."

God was pleased with the men who had faith who lived long ago.

Through faith we understand that the world was made by the Word of God. Things we see were made from what could not be seen.

Because Abel had faith, he gave a better gift in worship to God than Cain. His gift pleased God. Abel was right with God. Abel died, but by faith he is still speaking to us.

Because Enoch had faith, he was taken up from the earth without dying. He could not be found because God had taken him. The Holy Writings tell how he pleased God before he was taken up.

A man cannot please God unless he has faith. Anyone who comes to God must believe that He is. That one must also know that God gives what is promised to the one who keeps on looking for Him.