This Prayer Contains a Remarkable Summary of Hebrews

Tip! A person's character is always demonstrated in their behavior. The Savior again said, "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ..." -- Luke 6:45

Hebrews 13:20-21 "Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen."

Think on this prayer for a moment. Read it over a few times, maybe even read it out loud and see all there is to see and hear all there is to hear in these two short verses. What more could we ask for? Are you thankful for all that our Father has done for us through His Son, Jesus Christ?

This prayer contains a remarkable summary of the entire epistle of Hebrews - an epistle to which every truly born again Christian of the Gospel should devote special attention to. Nothing else is needed so much today as detailed studies on the letters to the Romans and to the Hebrews.

The Book of Hebrews supplies everything that is best suited to ward off the legalism and antinomianism (the belief that Christians are not bound by established moral laws, the Ten Commandments) that are now so prevalent in the Church today.

Tip! What really determines the effectiveness of our labor for Christ is the measure of our faith and the fervency of our prayers. If our faith is poor and our praying is indifferent; how can we expect to achieve much for Him?

The Book of Romans shows the serious errors and the religious devotion and adherence to rituals in the modern religions as well as exposes the distinctive pretentiousness of their priests and ministers. It also provides the Divine antidote to this poisonous spirit of ritualism that is now making such fatal inroads into so many sections of a decadent Protestant Church. This problem that occupies the central portion in this vitally important and most blessed letter, is the priesthood of Christ, it represents the substance of what was revealed both in Melchizedek and Aaron.

In Hebrews it shows that His Son (Jesus Christ) made the one perfect sacrifice that has forever displaced the Levitical institutions and made an end of the whole Judaic system. That this "once and for ALL" was the all-sufficient sacrifice of our Lord Jesus and made a complete atonement for the sins of His people that fully satisfying every legal claim that God's Law had on us. Jesus' sacrifice then rendered any and every effort of our own sinful ways to pacify Him as needless and ineffective as dirty rags.

Hebrews 10:14 says "For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified." That is to say, Christ has infallibly, irrevocably set apart to the service of God those who have believed, and only by the excellence of His finished work on the cross.

God the Father however did not stop at the cross, because the resurrection shouts His acceptance of His (Jesus Christ) work.