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Hebrews 6:13-20

Welcome back!  This week we are looking at Hebrews 6:13-20. This passage comes in between an encouragement from the author to believers towards a mature faith, which we talked about last time, and another descriptive identifier of Jesus as the high priest "after the order of Melchizedek," which we'll dive deep into next time. This week I want to zero in on one thing: God's promises. What does He promise us? What does He not promise us? How can we trust that His promises are sure? I hope to get into a little of all that with you today, which is why I've kept this particular chunk of Hebrews so short and sweet compared to weeks previous.   Guaranteed with an Oath The author has just been encouraging the readers of this letter to be "imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises." Immediately on the heels of this he turns to Abraham as an example. God promised to bless Abraham with a multitude of offspring, and Abraham had t...