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HEBREWS has been deeply appreciated by Christians throughout the ages-from the first century to the twenty-first. During the early days of the church, believers of all backgrounds were subject to persecution and pressure to renounce their faith. Jewish believers were vulnerable to doubts about Christ and to thinking about turning back to their familiar rituals and old way of thinking. The Epistle...

faith in God) represent basic teachings of salvation. The gospel calls Christians to die to themselves, to turn away from their sinfulness, and to obediently follow Jesus Christ. The gospel calls people to redirect their lives from self-gratification to God’s pleasure. Self-gratification leads to acts that lead to death (see notes on 9:14), but faith in God brings life. The phrase “acts that lead to death” may have a complex meaning. For Gentiles, these acts may have included idolatry and immorality,