Mark’s Memos

“Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.” (Heb. 10:23) God wants you to hold fast to your hope without wavering. You can do this because God is faithful! Has your confession stayed consistent with your hope? Have...

“But this Man, after He had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God, from that time waiting till His enemies are made His footstool.” (Heb. 10:12-13) Once Jesus ascended into heaven, He sat down at the right hand of God. From that...

“So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.” (Hebrews 9:28) Jesus Christ our great High Priest offered His own blood once, because His blood was powerful enough to...

“And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, … For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. “ (Heb. 9:15-16) In a sense, Jesus had a will (the new covenant), notarized the will with his...

 “But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.” (1Cor. 15:57-58) God gives YOU...

“Then comes the end, when He delivers the kingdom to God the Father, when He puts an end to all rule and all authority and power. For He must reign till He has put all enemies under His feet. The last enemy that will be destroyed is death.” (1Cor. 15:24-26) Paul said...

“For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in...

“But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. In that He says, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old is...

“But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also Mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.” (Hebrews 8:6) Jesus became the Mediator of the new covenant (see 1Tim. 2:5). This superior new covenant has replaced...

“For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;” (Heb. 7:26) Jesus is our great High Priest. Here are six characteristics of Jesus our great High Priest: 1. “Fitting for us” –...