Well, good morning and welcome to our second service on Sunday mornings. We have two services,

the first of which is the Bible prophecy update that we do weekly, and then now second service

is the sermon. It's a verse by verse study through the Word of God. We're currently in the book

of Hebrews. We're actually almost done with the book of Hebrews, and today our text is going to be chapter 13, beginning in verse 8, and Lord willing,

will make it to verse 16.

So I'll ask those that are here if you're able.

If you would please stand for the reading of God's Word.

If not, where you're seated is fine.

You can follow along.

The writer of Hebrews is by the Holy Spirit

writing to these Hebrew Christians and says verse 8, Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and

forever. That's a mic drop right there. Do not, verse 9,

be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods which

is of no benefit to those who do so.

We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.

The high priest, verse 11, carries the blood of animals into the most holy place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp.

Hang on, I know this is interesting. And verse 12, so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through

his own blood.

Let us then go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore. For here, verse 14, we do not have an enduring

city, but we are looking for the city that is to come through Jesus therefore. Let us continually

offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that openly profess His name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others,

for with such sacrifices, God is pleased. Wow. Let's pray, if you would would please join with me. We'll ask God's

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