Friends worship without form or ritual. We take seriously the verses below. they teach us Christ has replaced the shadows. Jesus Christ is now our high priest.
The apostle Paul wrote to the Hebrews:
"Every day the priests stand and do their religious service, often offering the same sacrifices. Those sacrifices can never take away sins. But after Christ offered one sacrifice for sins, forever, he sat down at the right side of God. And now Christ waits there for his enemies to be put under his power. With one sacrifice he made perfect forever those who are being made holy. The Holy Spirit also tells us about this. First he says:
'This is the agreement. I will make
with them at that time, says the
Lord.
I will put my teachings in their hearts
and write them on their minds.'
Jeremiah 31:33
Then he says' their sins and the evil things they do-
I will not remember anymore.'
Jeremiah 31:34
Now when these have been forgiven there is no more need for a sacrifice for sins. So brothers and sisters, we are completely free to enter the Most Holy Place without fear because of the blood of Jesus' death. We can enter through a new and living way that Jesus opened for us. It leads through the curtain - Christ's body. And since we have a great high priest over God's house, let us come near to God with a sincere heart and a sure faith, because we have been made free from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. Let us hold firmly to the hope that we have confessed, because we can trust God to do what he promised.
Let us think about each other and help each other to show love and do good deeds. You should not stay away from the church meetings, as some are doing, but you should meet together and encourage each other. Do this even more as you see the day coming
If we decide to go on sinning after we have learned the truth, there is no longer any sacrifice for sins. There is nothing but fear in waiting for the judgment and the terrible fire that will destroy all those who live against God. Hebrews 10:11-27
