10/7/2008 7:10 AM
SPIRITUAL DIARY
My Worship Time Focus: The eating of blood
Bible Reading &
Meditation Reference: Lev. 17:10-14
Message of the verses: “10 ¶
‘And any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn
among them, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats
blood and will cut him off from among his people. 11
‘For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you
on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of
the life that makes atonement.’
12 "Therefore I said to the
sons of Israel Israel
There is no
doubt of what God is saying in these verses, no one is to every eat any blood,
for the life of all flesh is its blood, and God has given the blood to the
children of Israel on the altar to make atonement for their souls, because it
is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.
I want to
think back on what is called “The Lord’s Supper,” and compare it to this
section. Jesus told His disciples that
He was making a new covenant with them and that the bread that they were about
to eat represented His body, and the wine that they were about to drink
represented His blood, and told them that whenever they would later partake of
the “Lord’s Supper” that they would remember this new covenant, remember
Christ’s death and look forward to His coming again to receive them into the
Kingdom of Heaven.
The blood
of a person or an animal was costly in God’s sight and the blood of Jesus Christ
is so very precious in my sight because it, along with the body of Jesus Christ
made atonement for my sins, it satisfied the demand that God had for my
salvation and when He looked at it, it propitiated or satisfied a Holy God, and
now when He looks at me He sees the righteousness of Jesus Christ in me and
therefore recognizes me as His child.
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I kind of got into the spiritual meaning for
my life today and every other day in the section above.
I must say
that this new era of praise and worship songs I have not heard a lot of them
speaking of the blood of Jesus Christ, and I think that by not having this
theme in some of there songs that they are leaving something out that should
not be left out, for without the shedding of blood there can be no remission of
sin.
My Steps of Faith for
Today:
- Praise the Lord for the blood of Jesus Christ and the fact that it cleansed me from sin and now I am a child of God.
Memory verses for the week: Exodus
20: 12-14
12.
Honor your father and your mother, that your
life may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
13.
You shall not murder.
14.
You shall not commit adultery.
10/7/2008 7:32 AM
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