Perseverance and the Book of Hebrews

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For those who have received God’s calling and conversion, “he who endures [perseveres] to the end shall be saved” (Matthew 24:13). When the New Testament church began, almost all the members were Jews or Jewish proselytes. Initially, they were filled with gratitude and zeal, but with increasing persecution and other trials, they were increasingly losing faith, zeal and commitment. Hebrews is largely a brilliant sermon with the theme of the necessity of spiritual perseverance, emphasizing how the New Covenant that focuses on Jesus Christ is far superior to the Old Covenant.
Hebrews
Donald Hooser

Don Hooser is a minister for the United Church of God. He lives in McKinney, Texas, a suburb of Dallas.  He and his wife Elsie had three children, and she died in August 2020.  Don married Judy in January 2022.  Mr. Hooser graduated in 1963 from Southern Methodist University with a degree in mechanical engineering, and graduated in 1966 from Ambassador College, Big Sandy, Texas.  For most of the time since then, he served as the pastor of churches in Ohio, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas, and Washington. From 2011 until his retirement in 2021, his primary responsibility was answering the many letters written to the Church.