Romans 8:27
8:27 And he
who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit
intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God’s will.
Isaiah 53:12
53:12 So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes,
he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful,
because he willingly submitted to death
and was numbered with the rebels,
when he lifted up the sin of many
and intervened on behalf of the rebels.”
John 16:23
16:23 At that time
you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth,
whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.
John 16:26-27
16:26 At that time
you will ask in my name, and I do not say
that I will ask the Father on your behalf.
16:27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.
John 17:20-24
Jesus Prays for Believers Everywhere
17:20 “I am not praying only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their testimony,
17:21 that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.
17:22 The glory you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as we are one –
17:23 I in them and you in me – that they may be completely one, so that the world will know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have loved me.
17:24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.
Hebrews 4:14-15
Jesus Our Compassionate High Priest
4:14 Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.
4:15 For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.
Hebrews 7:25
7:25 So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.
Hebrews 9:24
9:24 For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands – the representation
of the true sanctuary
– but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.
Hebrews 9:1
The Arrangement and Ritual of the Earthly Sanctuary
9:1 Now the first covenant, in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary.
Hebrews 2:1-2
Warning Against Drifting Away
2:1 Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
2:2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,