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But because I love you, I will only ask you. I am Paul, an old man, here in prison because of Jesus Christ.

But I did not want to keep him without word from you. I did not want you to be kind to me because you had to but because you wanted to.

I will pay it. I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand. I will not talk about how much you owe me because you owe me your life.

But we do see Jesus. For a little while He took a place that was not as important as the angels. But God had loving-favor for everyone. He had Jesus suffer death on a cross for all of us. Then, because of Christ's death on a cross, God gave Him the crown of honor and shining-greatness.

It is true that we share the same Father with Jesus. And it is true that we share the same kind of flesh and blood because Jesus became a man like us. He died as we must die. Through His death He destroyed the power of the devil who has the power of death.

Because Jesus was tempted as we are and suffered as we do, He understands us and He is able to help us when we are tempted.

So we can see that they were not able to go into His rest because they did not put their trust in Him.

We have heard the Good News even as they did, but it did them no good because it was not mixed with faith.

Those who heard the Good News first did not go into His rest. It was because they had not obeyed Him. But the promise is still good and some are going into His rest.

A Jewish religious leader is weak in many ways because he is just a man himself. He knows how to be gentle with those who know little. He knows how to help those who are doing wrong.

Because he is weak himself, he must give gifts to God for his own sins as well as for the sins of the people.

During the time Jesus lived on earth, He prayed and asked God with loud cries and tears. Jesus' prayer was to God Who was able to save Him from death. God heard Christ because Christ honored God.

There is much we could say about this, but it is hard to make you understand. It is because you do not want to hear well.

But if they turn away, they cannot be sorry for their sins and turn from them again. It is because they are nailing the Son of God on a cross again. They are holding Him up in shame in front of all people.

When God made a promise to Abraham, He made that promise in His own name because no one was greater.

Christ makes this New Way of Worship sure for us because of God's promise.

And so Jesus is able, now and forever, to save from the punishment of sin all who come to God through Him because He lives forever to pray for them.

Then Christ said, "You do not want animals killed or gifts given in worship to you for sin. You are not pleased with them." These things are done because the Law says they should be done.

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.

Christian brothers, now we know we can go into the Holiest Place of All because the blood of Jesus was given.