JonHawk said:
Concerning this we have much but you have become dull in your [spiritual] hearing
and sluggish in achieving spiritual insight.
Who has come, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an endless life. Heb 7:16
“The Lord has sworn And will not relent, ‘You
are a Priest forever;
Because of the word of the oath, Jesus has become the certain guarantee of a new and better covenant [a more excellent agreement; one that will never be annulled.
Therefore He is also able to save forever those who come to God through Him, Heb 7:21-25
For the law appoints as high priests men who have weakness, but the word of the oath, which came after the law,
appoints the Son who has been perfected forever. Heb 7:28
See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty gnostic deception [pseudo-intellectual babble] rather than the truth—the gospel of Jesus Christ. For in Him all the fullness of Deity (the Godhead) dwells [completely expressing the divine essence of God]. Col 2:8-9
What a foolish gnostic. Therefore there is now no condemnation at all for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Because these delusional gnostics refused to believe the truth, the glorious coming of the Lord Jesus will be their utter destruction.
But we should always give thanks to God for you, brothers
and sisters beloved by the Lord Jesus, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth. It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may obtain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Thess 2:12-14