14. With one sacrifice Christ made his people perfect forever. They are the ones who are being made holy.
15. The Holy Spirit also tells us about this. First he says,
16. “This is the agreement I will make with my people in the future, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their hearts. I will write my laws in their minds.” Jeremiah 31:33
17. Then he says, “I will forget their sins and never again remember the evil they have done.” Jeremiah 31:34
18. And after everything is forgiven, there is no more need for a sacrifice to pay for sins.
19. And so, brothers and sisters, we are completely free to enter the Most Holy Place. We can do this without fear because of the blood sacrifice of Jesus.
20. We enter through a new way that Jesus opened for us. It is a living way that leads through the curtain—Christ’s body.
21. And we have a great priest who rules the house of God.
22. Sprinkled with the blood of Christ, our hearts have been made free from a guilty conscience, and our bodies have been washed with pure water. So come near to God with a sincere heart, full of confidence because of our faith in Christ.
23. We must hold on to the hope we have, never hesitating to tell people about it. We can trust God to do what he promised.
24. We should think about each other to see how we can encourage each other to show love and do good works.
25. We must not quit meeting together, as some are doing. No, we need to keep on encouraging each other. This becomes more and more important as you see the Day getting closer.
26. If we decide to continue sinning after we have learned the truth, then there is no other sacrifice that will take away sins.
27. If we continue sinning, all that is left for us is a fearful time of waiting for the judgment and the angry fire that will destroy those who live against God.
28. Whoever refused to obey the Law of Moses was found guilty from the testimony given by two or three witnesses. Such people were not forgiven. They were killed.
29. So think how much more punishment people deserve who show their hate for the Son of God—people who show they have no respect for the blood sacrifice that began the new agreement and once made them holy or who insult the Spirit of God’s grace.
30. We know that God said, “I will punish people for the wrongs they do; I will repay them.” And he also said, “The Lord will judge his people.”
31. It is a terrible thing to face punishment from the living God.
32. Remember the days when you first learned the truth. You had a hard struggle with much suffering, but you continued strong.
33. Sometimes people said hateful things to you and mistreated you in public. And sometimes you helped others who were being treated that same way.