Hebrews 6:16

Hebrews 6:16 says, For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.  We swear an oath by the greater, which is God.  This is confirmation of our salvation.  Salvation is never based on our goodness or ability, but it is based on our belief in and acceptance of Christ as Savior and Lord.  Since God is the author of our salvation, we need never debate the reality of it.  There is but one way to be saved, and that is through faith in Christ.  Verse seventeen adds, Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:  We can be certain that our salvation through Christ will never be taken away, because God has made this promise based on His word.  We may not always be able to put our faith in the word of another individual, but we can always trust the word of God.  As followers of Christ, our word should be just as trustworthy, but often it is not.  Verse eighteen continues, That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:  We have God's council to us based on His unchangeable word.  What God tells us is true and always will be.  God will never tell us to do anything that contradicts His word.  For example, since God tells us to love our neighbor, He is not going to suddenly change that command to hate our neighbor when things aren't going our way.  Even if we disagree with them, we are to do so out of love.  Verse nineteen declares, Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;  Our faith in Christ is indeed an anchor for our soul.  This hope should be both sure and steadfast.  Our faith should never waiver, because it is anchored in Christ.  Verse twenty adds, Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.  Jesus removed the veil between God and mankind.  We can now go directly to God with nothing standing between us.  Christ is our high Priest forever, and we need no one else to bring our concerns to God.