Hebrews 7:19

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Moses’ Teachings couldn’t accomplish everything that God required. But we have something else that gives us greater confidence and allows us to approach God.

Cross References

Psalm 73:28

Being united with God is my highest good. I have made the Almighty Lord my refuge so that I may report everything that he has done.

Lamentations 3:57

Be close at hand when I call to you. You told me not to be afraid.

John 1:17

Laws were given through Moses, but kindness and truth came into existence through Jesus Christ.

John 14:6

Jesus answered him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one goes to the Father except through me.

Acts 13:39

However, everyone who believes in Jesus receives God’s approval.

Romans 5:2

Through Christ we can approach God  and stand in his favor. So we brag because of our confidence that we will receive glory from God.

Romans 7:7

What should we say, then? Are the laws in Moses’ Teachings sinful? That’s unthinkable! In fact, I wouldn’t have recognized sin if those laws hadn’t shown it to me. For example, I wouldn’t have known that some desires are sinful if Moses’ Teachings hadn’t said, “Never have wrong desires.”

Romans 8:3

It is impossible to do what God’s standards demand because of the weakness our human nature has. But God sent his Son to have a human nature as sinners have and to pay for sin. That way God condemned sin in our corrupt nature.

Galatians 2:16

Yet, we know that people don’t receive God’s approval by any effort to follow the laws in the Scriptures, but only by believing in Jesus Christ. So we also believed in Jesus Christ in order to receive God’s approval by faith in Christ and not by our own efforts. People won’t receive God’s approval by their own efforts.

Galatians 3:21

Does this mean, then, that the laws given to Moses contradict God’s promises? That’s unthinkable! If those laws could give us life, then certainly we would receive God’s approval because we obeyed them.

Galatians 3:24

Before Christ came, Moses’ laws served as our guardian. Christ came so that we could receive God’s approval by faith.

Ephesians 3:12

We can go to God with bold confidence through faith in Christ.

Colossians 1:27

God wanted his people throughout the world to know the glorious riches of this mystery—which is Christ living in you, giving you the hope of glory.

1 Timothy 1:1

From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our confidence.

Hebrews 10:1

Moses’ Teachings with their yearly cycle of sacrifices are only a shadow of the good things in the future. They aren’t an exact likeness of those things. They can never make those who worship perfect.

Hebrews 11:40

God planned to give us something very special so that we would gain eternal life with them.

Hebrews 11:6

No one can please God without faith. Whoever goes to God must believe that God exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

Hebrews 3:6

But Christ is a faithful son in charge of God’s household. We are his household if we continue to have courage and to be proud of the confidence we have.

Hebrews 4:16

So we can go confidently to the throne of God’s kindness  to receive mercy and find kindness, which will help us at the right time.

Hebrews 6:18

God did this so that we would be encouraged. God cannot lie when he takes an oath or makes a promise. These two things can never be changed. Those of us who have taken refuge in him hold on to the confidence we have been given.

Hebrews 7:11

The people established the Levitical priesthood based on instructions they received. If the work of the Levitical priests had been perfect, we wouldn’t need to speak about another kind of priest. However, we speak about another kind of priest, a priest like Melchizedek, not a Levitical priest like Aaron.

Hebrews 7:20

None of this happened without an oath. The men from the tribe of Levi may have become priests without an oath,

Hebrews 7:25

That is why he is always able to save those who come to God through him. He can do this because he always lives and intercedes for them.

Hebrews 8:6

Jesus has been given a priestly work that is superior to the Levitical priests’ work. He also brings a better promise  from God that is based on better guarantees.

Hebrews 9:9

The first part of the tent is an example for the present time. The gifts and sacrifices that were brought there could not give the worshiper a clear conscience.

James 4:8

Come close to God, and he will come close to you. Clean up your lives, you sinners, and clear your minds, you doubters.