SPIRITUAL
DIARY
Date: 02-11-03
My
Worship Time Focus: Christ’s ordination
cont.
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Hebrews 5:4-5
1. Message of the verse: “And no man takes this honor to himself, but
he who is called by God, just as Aaron was.
So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was
He who said to Him: ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You.’” (NKJV)
“And no one takes the honor to himself, but receives it when he is
called by God, even as Aaron was. So
also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who
said to Him, ‘THOU ART MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN THEE.’” (NASV)
“And no one can become a high priest simply because he wants such an
honor. He has to be called by God for
this work, just as Aaron was. This is
why Christ did not exalt Himself to become High Priest. No, He was chosen by God, who said to Him,
‘You are my Son. Today I have become
Your Father. *’” * Or Today I reveal You
as my Son. Ps. 2:7 (NLT)
In verse
four the writer says that the office of High Priest is not appointed by man,
but by God and sites the case of Aaron being called by God. The next verse the writer is speaking of
Christ and as in the case of Aaron, Christ also was called by God to be High
Priest. The writer quotes from Psalm
two, verse seven to make this point, “You our My Son, Today I have begotten
You.” Now as I look at this quotation I
thought that was referring to the birth of Christ at Bethlehem. In Dr. Wiersbe’s book on Hebrews he points
out that the writer is speaking about the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the
grave in this quotation and sites where the Apostle Paul uses this verse in
Acts 13:33-34 as proof of this. “God has
fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is
also written in the second Psalm: `You are My Son, Today I have begotten
You.' "And that He raised Him from
the dead, no more to return to corruption, He has spoken thus: `I will give you
the sure mercies of David.’” Just a
thought on this, and that is that if Christ were born High Priest then the high
priest of the time of His life on earth would not have been high priest at all.
2. Spiritual meaning for my life today: I am thankful to God for having such a wonderful
High Priest, and for the way the He brought this all about. I can come to my High Priest knowing full
well that He understands all of life’s situations and can be sympathetic to me. Because He is God He can answer all of my
problems in a perfect way.
The Word of God was refreshing to me as I read it today.
My
Steps of Faith Today: I
want to step out on faith by knowing that the Lord will deal with the problems
that my wife is going through at this time.
I believe that she should have spoken to me about them before she went
to sleep because she was angry. I
believe that she should allow the Lord to discipline the ones she is angry with
and not try and do His job. I want to be
kind to her about all of this.
Memory verse for the week:
Colossians 4:5
Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most
of every opportunity.
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