1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:09,880 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 2: Thank you for listening to your Nightly Scripture, a calming 3 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 2: Scripture Center devotional podcast designed to help you end each 4 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 2: day with God's word in your mind and on your heart. 5 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,720 Speaker 2: Right after the short word from our sponsors, we will 6 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 2: reflect on Tonight's scripture Hebrews chapter ten. Tonight's scripture is 7 00:00:41,880 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: written by Jennifer Slattery and read by Kyle Norman. Hebrews 8 00:00:47,159 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 2: chapter ten. The law is only a shadow of the 9 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 2: good things that are coming, not the reality themselves. For 10 00:00:57,600 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 2: this reason, it can never buy this. The same sacrifices, 11 00:01:01,320 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 2: repeated endlessly year after year, make perfect those who draw 12 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 2: near to worship. Otherwise, would they not have stopped being 13 00:01:10,640 --> 00:01:15,160 Speaker 2: offered for the worshippers would have been cleansed once for all, 14 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 2: it would no longer have felt guilty for their sins. 15 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 2: But those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins. It 16 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:27,399 Speaker 2: is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to 17 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 2: take away sins. Therefore, when Christ came into the world, 18 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 2: he said, sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but 19 00:01:38,360 --> 00:01:42,320 Speaker 2: a body you prepared for me with burnt offerings and 20 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 2: sin offerings. You were not pleased. Then I said here 21 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 2: I am, it is written about me in the scroll. 22 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:51,800 Speaker 1: I have come to do. 23 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 2: Your will, my God. First, he said, sacrifices and offerings, 24 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 2: burnt offerings and sin offerings you did not desire, nor 25 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 2: were you pleased with them, though they were offered in 26 00:02:05,560 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 2: accordance with the law. Then he said, here I am, 27 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:13,880 Speaker 2: I've come to do your will. He sets aside the 28 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 2: first to establish the second, and by that will we 29 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,520 Speaker 2: have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body 30 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 2: of Jesus Christ. Once for all, day after day, every 31 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 2: priest stands and performs his religious duties, again and again 32 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 2: he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. 33 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:40,959 Speaker 2: But when this priest had offered for all time one 34 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:44,640 Speaker 2: sacrifice for sin, he set down on the right hand 35 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 2: of God. And since that time he waits for his 36 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 2: enemies to be made his footstool, for by one sacrifice 37 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:57,839 Speaker 2: he is made perfect forever those who are being made holy. 38 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit. 39 00:03:00,040 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 2: It also testifies to us about this. First, he says, 40 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 2: this is the covenant I will make with them. After 41 00:03:07,560 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 2: that time, says the Lord, I will put my law 42 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,760 Speaker 2: in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds. 43 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 2: Then he adds their sins and lawless acts, I will 44 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 2: remember no more. And where these have been forgiven, sacrifice 45 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 2: for sin is no longer necessary. Therefore, brothers and sisters, 46 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 2: since we have confidence to enter the most holy place 47 00:03:32,840 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 2: by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living 48 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,720 Speaker 2: way open for us through the curtain that is His body. 49 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 2: Since we have a great priest over the House of God, 50 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 2: let us draw near to God with a sincere heart 51 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:51,440 Speaker 2: and with a full assurance that faith brings. Having our 52 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 2: hearts sprinkled, decleanse Us from a guilty consience, and having 53 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 2: our bodies washed with pure water. Let us hold unser 54 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 2: worthingly to the hope that we profess, for he who 55 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:08,160 Speaker 2: promised is faithful. And let us consider how we might 56 00:04:08,240 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 2: spur one another on towards love and good deeds, not 57 00:04:12,440 --> 00:04:15,560 Speaker 2: giving up meeting together as some are in the habit 58 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:19,799 Speaker 2: of doing, but encouraging one another. And all the more, 59 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:24,760 Speaker 2: as you see the day approaching, if we deliberately keep 60 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 2: on sinning, after we have received the knowledge of the truth, 61 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 2: no sacrifice for sin is left, but only a fearful 62 00:04:32,200 --> 00:04:36,679 Speaker 2: expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume 63 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 2: the enemies of God. Anyone who rejected the law of 64 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 2: Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or 65 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 2: three witnesses. How much more severely do you think someone 66 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 2: deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of 67 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 2: God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the 68 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,600 Speaker 2: blood of the Covenant that sanctified them, and who has 69 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:05,160 Speaker 2: insulted the spirit of grace. For we know him who 70 00:05:05,240 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 2: said it is mine to avenge, I will repay, and 71 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:13,159 Speaker 2: again the Lord will judge his people. It is a 72 00:05:13,240 --> 00:05:16,800 Speaker 2: dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. 73 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:21,200 Speaker 2: Remember those earlier days that you had received the light. 74 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:26,560 Speaker 2: Whether you endured in great conflict full of suffering. Sometimes 75 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:31,360 Speaker 2: you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution. At other 76 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 2: times you stood side by side with those who were 77 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 2: so treated. You suffered along with those in prison, and 78 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 2: joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property because you knew 79 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 2: that you yourselves had a better and lasting possession. So 80 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:52,159 Speaker 2: do not throw away your confidence. It will be richly rewarded. 81 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 2: You need to persevere so that when you have done 82 00:05:56,320 --> 00:05:59,120 Speaker 2: the will of God, you will receive what he has 83 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 2: promised for In just a little while. 84 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:03,640 Speaker 1: He who is. 85 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:08,320 Speaker 2: Coming will come and will not delay. But my righteous 86 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:11,560 Speaker 2: one will live by faith. And I take no pleasure 87 00:06:11,600 --> 00:06:15,279 Speaker 2: in the one who shrinks back. But we do not 88 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 2: belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but 89 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 2: to those who have faith and are saved. Some nights 90 00:06:27,440 --> 00:06:30,720 Speaker 2: we come to bed with a sense of satisfaction as 91 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 2: we reflect on a day gone well. Other times, the 92 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:38,600 Speaker 2: pressure and concerns we carried and perhaps must continue to 93 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:43,240 Speaker 2: shoulder in the morning leave us with weary hearts. In 94 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:46,799 Speaker 2: those seasons, it can feel challenging to keep moving forward, 95 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:52,279 Speaker 2: let alone hold tight to our faith. Thankfully, there is 96 00:06:52,360 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 2: one with a stronger, steadier hand maintaining a firm grip 97 00:06:57,640 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 2: on us. We're never bearing the weight of our souls 98 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 2: or lives for that matter, on our own. Jesus, the 99 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 2: one who is greater, stronger, always present, and eternally faithful, 100 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 2: carries us close to his heart, fortifying our bruised and 101 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:22,040 Speaker 2: troubled souls with his grace. His grace promises us that 102 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 2: the best is yet to come. Every sunset and sunrise, 103 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 2: shimmering star, joyful conversation and bird song is but a 104 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 2: shadow of what awaits us on the day with our 105 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 2: savior shields us from all sorrow, sickness, and sin. And 106 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:43,119 Speaker 2: therefore we fix our eyes on the one who died 107 00:07:43,160 --> 00:07:47,400 Speaker 2: for us and goes before us, knowing we can trust 108 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 2: his every promise and his every word. Father, I long 109 00:07:56,520 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 2: for a tangible experience of your presence and a fresh 110 00:07:59,800 --> 00:08:02,880 Speaker 2: word of your love. But that is how I receive 111 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 2: your strength. As Jesus so clearly stated, when I remain 112 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 2: connected to him, I can do all things, including persevere 113 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,600 Speaker 2: through any challenge. 114 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,920 Speaker 1: You have allowed on my path. I know when you 115 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:18,880 Speaker 1: do you. 116 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 2: Always have a good reason, for you are good and 117 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:27,520 Speaker 2: you always do what is good. I choose to trust 118 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 2: that now you never abandon your children, and you won't 119 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 2: forsake me. Now what a blessing that I can always 120 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:40,199 Speaker 2: turn to you in my anxiety, disappointment, fatigue, and sorrow. 121 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:44,240 Speaker 2: You are the God of compassion, who knows me fully 122 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 2: and loves me without hesitation. You recognize that I am 123 00:08:49,240 --> 00:08:53,439 Speaker 2: formed from dust, human and prone to weakness. You do 124 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,880 Speaker 2: not condemn me for this or shame me when I 125 00:08:56,880 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 2: feel discouraged, frustrated, or defeated. Instead, you invite me closer 126 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 2: and surround me with your loving embrace. This is where 127 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:10,280 Speaker 2: I gain the strength to hold tight to the one 128 00:09:10,280 --> 00:09:14,640 Speaker 2: who is at this present moment maintaining his grip on me. 129 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: In Jesus' name, Amen, thank you. 130 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:34,240 Speaker 3: For listening to your Nightly scripture. Tonight's scripture was read 131 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 3: from the New International Version by Biblica. All rights reserved. 132 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 3: If tonight's episode blessed you, be sure to follow the 133 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:50,800 Speaker 3: show on Apple Podcasts so your next Nightly scripture is 134 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:56,040 Speaker 3: ready when you are. Your Nightly Scripture is a production 135 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 3: of Life Audio and Salem Media. Thank you and we'll 136 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 3: see you to morrow night.