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Highlights in Hebrews (with Roger Kirby) Part 24 - Hebrews 10:10–14 We are holy!   “… we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all."   Day after day every priest stands and performs his religious duties; again and again he offers the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, and since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool. For by one sacrifice he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy.” The dominant word here is ‘holy’, appearing twice. That is difficult because ‘holy’ is one of those words which tends to mean something rather different in our everyday usage from what it means in scripture. Holiness in common usage tends to mean something like being ‘so heavenly minded as to be no earthly use’! That is far away from scripture usage. ‘Holy’ is the prime attribute of God. He is pure; he is perfect love; he is tr