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Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:51:47 GMT

hey guys. i have been away on a trip, yes i travel a lot. i am not at home right now. someone in my family passed on, so i am at the wake and away, Seek1st.net is in good hands, i am trusting :) and besides being online for a bit ever so often. please keep me and my family in your prayers. thanks.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:06:45 GMT

sorry guys too busy to post anything on Hebrews today, trying to be more regular at posting but we'll have to see...

most of my time is spent on the websites. so that'll explain it. i guess. thanksx

Monday, September 12, 2005

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:07:22 GMT

Hebrews 3 TNIV (Today's New International Version) Print
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Jesus Greater Than Moses

¹ Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, whom we acknowledge as our apostle and high priest. ² He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God's house. ³ Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. ⁴ For every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything. ⁵ "Moses was faithful as a servant in all God's house," ^[a] bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future. ⁶ But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we glory.

Warning Against Unbelief

⁷ So, as the Holy Spirit says:
"Today, if you hear his voice,

   ⁸ do not harden your hearts
       as you did in the rebellion,
       during the time of testing in the wilderness,

⁹ where your ancestors tested and tried me,
though for forty years they saw what I did.

   ¹⁰ That is why I was angry with that generation;
       I said, 'Their hearts are always going astray,
       and they have not known my ways.'

¹¹ So I declared on oath in my anger,
'They shall never enter my rest.' " ^[b]

   ¹² See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God. ¹³ But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness. ¹⁴ We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold firmly till the end our original conviction. ¹⁵ As has just been said:
       "Today, if you hear his voice,
       do not harden your hearts
       as you did in the rebellion." ^[c]

¹⁶ Who were they who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? ¹⁷ And with whom was he angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies perished in the wilderness? ¹⁸ And to whom did God swear that they would never enter his rest if not to those who disobeyed? ¹⁹ So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief.

Footnotes:

Hebrews 3:5 Num. 12:7
Hebrews 3:11 Psalm 95:7-11
Hebrews 3:15 Psalm 95:7,8

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Monday, September 12, 2005

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 12:01:26 GMT

Hebrews 3:1

Therefore, holy brothers, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus; (WEB)

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, even Jesus; (ASV)

For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith; (BBE)

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our confession, Jesus, (DBY)

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; (KJV)

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; (WBS)

Therefore, holy brethren, sharers with others in a heavenly invitation, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest whose followers we profess to be. (WEY)

Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the apostle and chief priest of our profession, Christ Jesus, (YLT)

source : http://bible.cc/hebrews/3-1.htm

Friday, September 09, 2005

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:44:42 GMT

Hebrews 2 TNIV (Today's New International Version)

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Warning to Pay Attention

¹ We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. ² For since the message spoken through angels was binding, and every violation and disobedience received its just punishment, ³ how shall we escape if we ignore so great a salvation? This salvation, which was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him. ⁴ God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.

Jesus Made Like His Brothers and Sisters

   ⁵ It is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking. ⁶ But there is a place where someone has testified:
       "What are mere mortals that You are mindful of them,
       human beings that You care for them?

⁷ You made them a little lower than the angels;
You crowned them with glory and honor

⁸ and put everything under their feet." ^[a]

In putting everything under them, ^[b] God left nothing that is not subject to them. ^[c] Yet at present we do not see everything subject to them. ^[d] ⁹ But we do see Jesus, Who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

   ¹⁰ In bringing many sons and daughters to glory, it was fitting that God, for Whom and through Whom everything exists, should make the Pioneer of their salvation perfect through what He suffered. ¹¹ Both the One Who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters. ¹² He says,
       "I will declare Your name to My brothers and sisters;
       in the assembly I will sing Your praises." ^[e]

   ¹³ And again,
       "I will put My trust in Him." ^[f]
       And again He says,
       "Here Am I, and the children God has given Me." ^[g]

¹⁴ Since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity so that by His death He might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil— ¹⁵ and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death. ¹⁶ For surely it is not angels He helps, but Abraham's descendants. ¹⁷ For this reason He had to be made like His brothers and sisters in every way, in order that He might become a merciful and faithful High priest in service to God, and that He might make atonement for the sins of the people. ¹⁸ Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

Footnotes:

Hebrews 2:8 Psalm 8:4-6; or "What is a human being that You are mindful of Him,/ the Son of Man that You care for Him?/ ⁷You made Him lower than the angels for a little while;/ You crowned Him with glory and honor/ ⁸and put everything under His feet."
Hebrews 2:8 Or His
Hebrews 2:8 Or Him
Hebrews 2:8 Or Him
Hebrews 2:12 Psalm 22:22
Hebrews 2:13 Isaiah 8:17
Hebrews 2:13 Isaiah 8:18

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Thursday, September 08, 2005

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:57:38 GMT

Hebrews 1 TNIV (Today's New International Version)

God's Final Word: His Son

¹ In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, ² but in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed Heir of all things, and through Whom also He made the universe. ³ The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His being, sustaining all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. ⁴ So He became as much superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is superior to theirs.

The Son Superior to Angels

   ⁵ For to which of the angels did God ever say,
       "You are My Son;
       today I have become Your Father" ^[a]?
       Or again,
       "I will be His Father,
       and He will be My Son" ^[b]?

⁶ And again, when God brings His Firstborn into the world, He says,
"Let all God 's angels worship Him." ^[c]

   ⁷ In speaking of the angels He says,
       "He makes His angels spirits,
       and His servants flames of fire." ^[d]

   ⁸ But about the Son He says,
       "Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever;
       a scepter of justice will be the scepter of Your kingdom.

   ⁹ You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
       therefore God, your God, has set You above Your companions
       by anointing You with the oil of joy." ^[e]

   ¹⁰ He also says,
       "In the beginning, Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth,
       and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

¹¹ They will perish, but You remain;
they will all wear out like a garment.

   ¹² You will roll them up like a robe;
       like a garment they will be changed.
       But You remain the same,
       and Your years will never end." ^[f]

   ¹³ To which of the angels did God ever say,
       "Sit at My right hand
       until I make Your enemies
       a footstool for Your feet" ^[g]?

¹⁴ Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Footnotes:

Hebrews 1:5 Psalm 2:7
Hebrews 1:5 2 Samuel 7:14; 1 Chron. 17:13
Hebrews 1:6 Deut. 32:43 (see Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint)
Hebrews 1:7 Psalm 104:4
Hebrews 1:9 Psalm 45:6,7
Hebrews 1:12 Psalm 102:25-27
Hebrews 1:13 Psalm 110:1

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Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Tue, 06 Sep 2005 17:14:26 GMT

hi there. this is Charles from [forums.seek1st.net] 1 just came back from my holidays. and it is back to work and back to school! besides giving away the e-props, 1 would like to do a little promotion. if you don't mind.

1 just wanted to inform you that we are going thru the book of Hebrews [http://www.seek1st.net/forum/index.php?f=90]

... and we are looking for people who would just like to join us for this journey. if you are interested. please join us. the more the better. tell your friends too if you like. thanks

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Tue, 06 Sep 2005 17:10:20 GMT

Guess what, i am back now, with a few new ideas for the forums @ seek1st.net [forums.seek1st.net]

We are going thru the book of Hebrews at the forums. join us if you are interested @ ! Thanks

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Sun, 28 Aug 2005 14:44:49 GMT

sorry everyone i forgot to mention i was going on a 2.5 week holiday with my family. i am currently in Chicago, will be dropping by a few other places on the way back. don't have much accewss to a computer but when i do i would try to drop a note and update, c u all around when i get back.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:13:05 GMT

TANZANIA ~ Pop. 36,766,356 - Africa

“Pray for us as we map out areas where we have received the Macedonian call. Pray for our pioneer missionaries who are scattered far and wide across the nation. Pray for continued support from churches that are partnering with us in Tanzania.”

Shortly after independence, Tanganyika and Zanzibar merged to form the nation of Tanzania in 1964. One-party rule came to an end in 1995 with the first democratic elections held in the country since the 1970s. Zanzibar's semi-autonomous status and popular opposition have led to two contentious elections since 1995, which the ruling party won despite international observers' claims of voting irregularities.

Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique

Religions: mainland - Christian 30%, Muslim 35%, indigenous beliefs 35%; Zanzibar - more than 99% Muslim

nipgear's Xanga

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Monday, September 12, 2005

Hebrews 3 TNIV (Today's New International Version) Print< Go to Hebrews 2 Viewing Chapter 3 Go to Hebrews 4 >

Jesus Greater Than Moses

Warning Against Unbelief

Monday, September 12, 2005

Friday, September 09, 2005

Hebrews 2 TNIV (Today's New International Version)

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Warning to Pay Attention

Jesus Made Like His Brothers and Sisters

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Hebrews 1 TNIV (Today's New International Version)

God's Final Word: His Son

The Son Superior to Angels

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Sunday, August 28, 2005

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Hebrews 3 TNIV (Today's New International Version) Print
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