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In speaking of the angels he says, “He makes his angels spirits, and his servants flames of fire.”
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Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
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God also testified to it by signs, wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.
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Warning Against Unbelief
So, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear his voice,
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For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.
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Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
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It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,
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Every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, and so it was necessary for this one also to have something to offer.
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If he were on earth, he would not be a priest, for there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.
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The Holy Spirit was showing by this that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still functioning.
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This is an illustration for the present time, indicating that the gifts and sacrifices being offered were not able to clear the conscience of the worshiper.
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How much more, then, will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself unblemished to God, cleanse our consciences from acts that lead to death, so that we may serve the living God!
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The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First he says:
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How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant that sanctified them, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?
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Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined us and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of spirits and live!
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to the church of the firstborn, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,
