Hebrews 9:27
 
What is a terminal illness?
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On https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/who/terminal-illness-definition it states,
“A terminal illness is a disease or condition which cannot be cured and is likely to lead to someone’s death. It is sometimes called a life-limiting illness. Some people may use different definitions, so it’s important to ask if you’re not sure what someone is saying or what it means.”
 
A terminal illness is a disease or condition that cannot be cured. There is no coming back from it.
 

Appointed Once to Die:
There is a natural order of events for every human being upon this earth, and that is death. Death is appointed unto all humanity, which is a fact. Nothing of this earth can keep any human from facing death. Judgment follows death for everyone, and for those that are the unsaved, those that are the non-believers of Jesus Christ, those who have not accepted Jesus as their personal Savior; there is nothing that can keep a sinner from condemnation at the judgment seat except he or she accepts Christ’s death on the cross and His resurrection. Nor can someone escape everlasting punishment from rejecting the salvation that Christ gives. If Christ’s death does not spare you, then there is nothing in front of you except the judgment and eternal damnation.
 

A Time for Birth, a Time for Death:

• Ecclesiastes 3:2, A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.

Solomon’s point here is that God has an arrangement for His people as a whole. Consequently, God gives patterns of life, each with its work for us to do. Despite the fact that there might be numerous issues that we face that appear to go against God’s plans, these ought not be hindrances for us to trust in Him, yet rather this ought to be occasions to find that, without God, life’s concerns have no enduring answers.

 
All Are of the Dust:

• Ecclesiastes 3:20, All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.

Our bodies cannot always live in their current state. In that sense, humankind and creatures are indistinguishable. However, Solomon recognized that God has provided individuals with the desire of a world without end (Ecclesiastes 3:11) and that we will stand judgment in the following life (Ecclesiastes 12:7, 14), making us unique in relation to the animals. Since man has forever set in his heart, he has an exceptional purpose in God’s general design. However, we cannot find God’s intention for our lives on our own. It is only through building a relationship with Him and looking for His direction. Is it true or not that we are currently involving our life as God would have us to do? Do we consider it to be a gift from Him?

 
Earthly House Dissolved:

• 2 Corinthians 5:1-10, For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (For we walk by faith, not by sight:) We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.

Paul differentiated our natural bodies (“earthly house of this tabernacle”) and our future revived bodies (“building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens”). Paul plainly expressed that our current bodies make us moan. However, when our time comes for us to die a physical death, we will not be just a spirit without a body (“be found naked”). We will have new bodies that will be ideally suited for our never-ending life.

Paul composed as he did on the grounds that the congregation at Corinth was in the core of Greek culture, and numerous believers experienced issues with the idea of a resurrected body because they did not believe in a resurrected body. Most considered life following death to be something that happened distinctly to the spirit (soul); the genuine individual, detained in an actual body. At death, the spirit was delivered. There was no everlasting status for the body, yet the spirit entered a timeless state. However, the Bible instructs us that the body and soul are inseparable.

Paul portrays our restored bodies in more detail in 1 Corinthians 15:46-58. We actually will have personality characteristics and unmistakable contrasts in our revived bodies, yet our bodies will be superior to what we can envision through Christ’s work. The Bible does not tell us everything about our revived bodies, however we realize that we will have a perfected body, without affliction or infection (Philippians 3:21).

 
Corruptible Made Incorruptible:

• 1 Corinthians 15:50-53, Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

We as a whole face impediment. The individuals who have physical, mental, or mental impairments are basically mindful of this. Some might be visually impaired however they can see a better approach to live. Some might be hard of hearing; however, they can hear God’s Good News. Some might be maimed; however, they can stroll in God’s adoration. Likewise, they have the consolation that those debilitations are just transitory. Paul lets us know that Christians will be given new bodies when Jesus returns and that these bodies will be without handicaps, never to end up being sick, ill, debilitated, or to die. This should give us hope and trust during our languishing.

“We shall not all sleep” implies that Christians alive on that day will not have to face a physical death however, they will be changed right away. A trumpet blast will introduce the new paradise and new earth. The Jews would comprehend the meaning of this since trumpets were constantly blown to flag the beginning of an incredible feast and other remarkable occasions (Numbers 10:10).

 
The Saints’ Death:

• Psalms 116:15, Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.

What makes a Christian death different from the death of a sinner is that God remains nearby us even in death. At the point when somebody that we love is approaching death, we might end up being furious and feel deserted. In any case, Christians are valuable to God, and He cautiously picks when they are to be called to be in His presence. We should allow this reality to give us solace when we have lost a friend or family member. God sees this and every life is significant to Him (Matthew 10:28-32).

• Job 7:1, Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? Are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

Hebrews 10:3-12
 
 
The writer of this Scripture has given us a depiction of Jesus Christ as the high priest, which is superior to the priesthood from the Old Testament. He also presents us with a portrayal of the sacrifice of Christ as far greater to the multitude of sacrifices offered by the old priesthood. Under the old law, sacrifices were recurrent (continual), transitory (short-term), and their efficacy (success rate) was inadequate. The primary characteristics of Christ' sacrifice are its complete permanence and its universal sufficiency.
 
The sacrifices that the priests offered could not make the people perfect. But when Jesus became the sacrifice, and His death upon the Cross the payment, His free-will offering was of measureless worth.
 
 
In verses 3-4: 
At the point when individuals gathered for penance on the Day of Atonement, they were reminded of their transgressions and felt regretful once more. These penances reminded the Israelites that the conciliatory framework was not finished. What they required was pardoning. The perpetual, amazing, sin-annihilating absolution we have from Christ. When we have admitted a transgression to Jesus, we need never consider it again. It has been forgiven, forgotten, and forever never to be remembered. When Christ cried out 'it is finished, then it was finished and completed.
 
Animal sacrifices couldn't remove sin; they gave just a brief method to manage sin until Jesus came to manage it forever. Old Testament believers were following God's order and He charitably excused them when, by confidence, they made their sacrifices. However, the practice anticipated Christ's future perfect sacrifice. Christ's way was better than the Old Testament way on the grounds that the old way just highlighted what Jesus would do. The blood of animal sacrifices only covered the transgressions until the Lamb of God came to remove the sin of the world.

• John 1:29, The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.

 
 
In verses 5-10: 
This citation isn't referred to in any other New Testament book. In any case, it is a basic educating in the Old Testament that God wants obedience and a correct heart, not unfilled consistence to the sacrificial framework. The author of Hebrews applied to Christ the expressions of the psalmist in Psalm 40:6-8. Christ came to offer his body upon the cross for us a penance totally satisfactory to God. God's new and living path for us to satisfy Him isn't by keeping laws or in any event, refraining from transgression. It is by coming to Him in confidence to be forgiven, at that point following Him in adoring compliance (loving obedience).
 
The expensive sacrifice of animals put forth for the sinner the reality of his transgression before God. Since Jesus shed His blood for us, His sacrifice is limitlessly greater than any Old Testament offering. Considering this boundless blessing He gave us, we ought to react by giving Him our service and devotion.
 
Removing the first system for a much better one implied getting rid of the arrangement of sacrifices contained in the ceremonial law. It didn't mean dispensing with God's ethical law, the Ten Commandments. The ceremonial law prepared individuals for Christ's coming. With Jesus' death and resurrection, the ceremonial law was never again required. Through Christ we can satisfy the ethical law as we let Him live in us.

• Romans 6:10, For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.
• Hebrews 7:27, Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.
• Hebrews 9:28, So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

 
 
In verses 11-12:
The Jewish priest's work contrasted the work Christ did. The priest's work was never completed so they continually needed to stand and make sacrifices. The offerings could just cover the transgression; however, they would never remove the sin. The offerings were only an update that the people were sinners and that the sin being referred to had not been settled at this point. Christ dying in our place is finished so Jesus is seated. Adding anything or removing anything from Christ's sacrifice would deny its validity. Any framework to gain salvation through good works dismisses the importance of Jesus' passing and the Holy Spirit's work.
 
The basis of what Christ had accomplished for all mankind, is the grace and sovereign will of God. The righteousness, and the one-time sacrifice offered by Christ, are of everlasting power, and his salvation will never be done away. Beware of any individual who tells you that Christ dying on the cross left you incomplete and that you have to accomplish something else to be worthy by God.

• Colossians 3:1, If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.

 

Hebrews 11:1-3
 
What is faith? An online dictionary states that a basic definition of faith is the complete trust or confidence in a person or something. Faith is fervent belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based upon spiritual apprehension rather than proof. Faith is to believe in and have assurance of something.

Remember how it felt as a child waiting for a birthday or some other special day was about to occur, being excited and anxious, knowing that there would be gifts or other special treats? In any case, a few things would come as a shock. Birthday celebrations consolidate affirmation and expectation, thus so does faith. Faith is the conviction dependent on previous experience that God's new amazements will doubtlessly be our own.

Two words depict our confidence: certainty and confidence. These two characteristics need a solid start and finishing point. The starting place of faith is trusting in God’s person, he is who he says he is. The endpoint is trusting in the promises of God, he will do what he says he will do. At the point when we accept that God will satisfy his promises despite the fact that we do not see those promises appearing yet, we show genuine faith (John 20:24-31).
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God called the universe into reality from nothing; he pronounced that it was to be, and it was. Our confidence is in the God who made the whole universe by his promise. God's assertion has wonderful power. When he talks, do we tune in and react? How might we better set ourselves up to react to his Word?
 
Faith is God centered, not man centered.
 
Man centered faith:
The chair that I sit in will support me. When I put my key into the ignition, my car will start. When I flip the switch, the lights in my room will come on. This pen that I am about to use will write. Man centered faith is expecting that certain worldly things will work or will happen.
 
God centered faith:
God centered faith is the total dependence on God and a willingness to do his will. God centered faith is complete, humble obedience to do what He says for us to do. The amount of faith is not as important as having the right kind of faith.
 
The Author of Faith:

• Hebrews 12:2, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith.

 
There is Saving Faith:

• Ephesians 2:8, For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.

 
There is Sanctifying Faith:

• Galatians 2:20, I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.

 
There is Defensive Faith:

• Ephesians 6:16, Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.

 
There is the Gift of Faith:

• 1 Corinthians 12:9, To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit.

 
There is the Fruit of Faith:

• Galatians 5:22, But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.

 
There is a Level of Faith:

• Romans 10:17, So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

The more we hear God’s Word, the more our faith should increase.
 
There is Increased Faith:

• Matthew 17:20, And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.

 
Faith results in good works:

• James 2:14, What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? Can faith save him?
• James 2:17, Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
• James 2:18, Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, I will shew thee my faith by my works.
• James 2:20, But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
• James 2:26, For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

 
There are the Works of Faith:

• Acts 6:8, And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles, among the people.
• 2 Thessalonians 1:11, Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power.

 
Faith results in God’s Power. A powerless Christian is a defeated Christian who has little or no faith. Our faith can often be proved through persecution.

• Matthew 5:11-12, Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

 
Do you ever feel stagnant in your faith?

• Psalms 51:12, Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

 
Faith comes alive when we apply scripture.

• Psalms 119:125, I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies.

 
What motivates your faith, fear, or the love for God? Faith eliminates pride. Faith exalts what God has done. Faith is based on our relationship with God, not our performance for God.

• 1 Timothy 6:12, Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.