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Old 06-27-2017, 04:43 AM   #2
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Default Re: Repetition, Ritual, Religion

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Originally Posted by aron View Post
I got a copy of a recent publication, a HWMR on Hebrews, and was looking at today's entry. Week 6, Day 2. It was revewing Hebrews 7:25. I noticed that in the first 4 paragraphs, he uses the word "intercession" or "intercessor" 12 times. He just keeps saying the same thing, over and over again. It's creepy. Is this some Eastern 'mantra' thing? Is he trying to get us to some altered state? I mean, I get that he wants to make a point. But 12 times? Are we really that dull?

And he uses the word 4 more times as well; 16 times total in one 'daily portion' of 9 paragraphs.
If they really believed that Jesus was able to save them to the uttermost because He always lives to intercede for them, then why do they file lawsuits against all outsiders who critique them and quarantine all insiders who speak their conscience?

They have so much useless human activity. Their teachings are merely dead doctrines to them. Where is their simple trust in the great High Priest? As the song says, "trust and obey, for there's no other way."
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