Weekly Bible Verses: Hebrews 10:11-25: Provoke One Another to Love and Good Deeds

Hebrews 10: ¹¹And every priest stands day after day at 
his service, offering again and again the same sacrifices that can 
never take away sins. ¹²But when Christ had offered for all time 
a single sacrifice for sins, “he sat down at the right hand of God,” 
¹³and since then has been waiting “until his enemies would be 
made a footstool for his feet.” ¹⁴For by a single offering he has 
perfected for all time those who are sanctified.¹⁵And the 
Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after saying, ¹⁶“This is the covenant 
that I will make with them after those days, says the Lord: I will put 
my laws in their hearts, and I will write them on their minds,”
¹⁷he also adds, “I will remember their sins and their lawless deeds 
no more.” ¹⁸Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no 
longer any offering for sin.

¹⁹Therefore, my friends, since we have confidence to enter 

the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, ²⁰by the new and living way 

that he opened for us through the curtain (that is, through his 

flesh), ²¹and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 

²²let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, 

with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and 

our bodies washed with pure water.²³Let us hold fast to the 

confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised 

is faithful. ²⁴And let us consider how to provoke one another to 

love and good deeds, ²⁵not neglecting to meet together, as is the 

habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as 

you see the Day approaching.

Inspiration for Veterans Day

We at ECBC pause to remember and honor our veterans today. Thank you for your service to your country and to all of us. 

Words for you from Jesus in John 14:27: 

²⁷Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid.

From Psalms 46: 

¹God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

And Joshua 1:9: 

Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. 

May these Bible verses be an inspiration for those who have served and those who continue to serve. Both groups can certainly use these words of assurance in uncertain times. Our prayers are with you and with all who love you.

We have lost some fine veterans recently here at ECBC. We share the pain of all who are remembering and mourning today the loss of their fine heroes and heroines of conflicts past and present. 

We pause to remember those who have returned to the God, and rest in the assurance of Revelation 21:4 that their struggles are at an end: 

⁴ [God] will wipe every tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; mourning and crying and pain will be no more, for the first things have passed away. 

YOU Can Follow Our Missionary as She Reports on Her Work in Costa Rica

If you are interested in the mission work of ECBC's own missionary, Sue Hegarty (of whom we are very proud), you can read her reports at: http://www.internationalministries.org/teams/68-hegarty ... Through the International Ministries site (on which these letters are posted, you can also learn how to support Sue in her vital work. 

Weekly Bible Verses: Hebrews 9: 24-28: Jesus Appears Before God on Our Behalf!

Hebrews 9: ²⁴For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made by human hands, a mere copy of the true one, but he entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. ²⁵Nor was it to offer himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Holy Place year after year with blood that is not his own; ²⁶for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to remove sin by the sacrifice of himself. ²⁷And just as it is appointed for mortals to die once, and after that the judgment, ²⁸so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.