More on the Confirmation of the New Covenant (Heb. 2:4)

SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 12-20-02

 

My Worship Time                        Focus:  More on the confirmation of the New Covenant

 

Bible Reading & Meditation                         Reference:  Hebrews 2:4

 

            1.  Message of the verse:  “God also bearing witness both with signs and wonders, with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?”  (NKJV)  “and God verified the message by signs and wonders and various miracles and by giving gifts of the Holy Spirit whenever He chose to do so.”  (NLT)

             The writer continues to write about the confirmation of the New Covenant, and speaks in this verse that it was confirmed by 1) sings and wonders.  This speaks of the miracles that were preformed by the Lord Jesus Christ while on the earth and later by the apostles and some early members of the Church.  2) “Gifts of the Holy Spirit,” I believe that this could refer to the gifts that the Holy Spirit gives to believers such as the ones mentioned in 1Corinthians, Romans, Ephesians, and 1Timothy.  This is the first mention of the Holy Spirit in the book of Hebrews.

           

            2.  Spiritual meaning for my life today:  At the end of the verse the words “according to His own will” are written and refer to the Holy Spirit work in giving gifts to members of the Church family.  I believe that the Holy Spirit has also chosen a work for me to do and also a gift to use for the good of the body of Christ.  I am willing to do what ever He has planned for me to do for the cause of Christ, for He will not only give me the work to do but also the desire and ability to do it.

 

The Word of God has challenged me as I read and studied it today.

 

My Steps of Faith Today:  This verse has challenged me to be available to the Holy Spirit to do the work that He has chosen for me to do.

 

Memory verses for the week:  Eph. 2:10; Mark 12:30; Romans 12:5; Phil. 2:5

 

For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

 

Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.

 

…so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the other.

 

Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus…