Quotes About Spirituality

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

For whoever enters Godís rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.

Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.

And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,

instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,

who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—

Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater.

In the case of the Levites, mortal men collect the tenth; but in the case of Melchizedek, it is affirmed that he lives on.

Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?

For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well.

And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,

one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.

For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,

According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.