SPIRITUAL
DIARY
Date: 02-06-03
My
Worship Time Focus: Jesus Christ our High
Priest
Bible
Reading & Meditation Reference: Hebrews 4:14
1. Message of the verse: “Seeing then that we have a great High Priest
who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our
confession.” (NKJV)
“That is why we have a great High Priest who has gone to
heaven, Jesus the Son of God. Let us
cling to Him and never stop trusting Him.”
(NLT)
In this
section, (4:16-5:10), the writer is proving that the Priesthood of Jesus Christ
is superior to that of Moses. Dr.
Wiersbe says that the Priesthood of Jesus Christ is the theme of the book of
Hebrews. In his book he gives four
reasons why the Priesthood of Jesus Christ is superior to that of the
Priesthood of Aaron. The first reason is
that Jesus Christ has a superior title.
The name Jesus means “Saviour” and this identifies Him as being human. Jesus Christ is The High Priest and this
could not be said of any of the OT priests.
In this verse it says that Jesus Christ passed through the heavens, and
this is speaking of where He is at now, He is in Heaven and is available to
minister on behalf of all believers all of the time and not just once a year as
the OT high priests could. They were
only allowed to enter into the Holy of Holies once a year on the Day of
Atonement to offer up the blood on the mercy seat for the sins of the
people. Verse 16 tells the believers
that they can come boldly to the throne of grace to find mercy and grace to
help in time of need. This is far
different than the way it was done in the OT setting. The OT priest passed through areas to get to
the Holy of Holies and Jesus Christ passed through the three heavens to get to
God. One more point from this verse and
that is the last phrase, “let us hold fast our confession.” Those to whom this letter was first sent to
were thinking of “not holding fast to their confession,” because of the
persecution that they were going through, the writer is encouraging them to
hold to it. This would not cause them to
loose their salvation, for that is eternal, however it would cause them to
bring reproach to the Lord Jesus Christ.
2. Spiritual meaning for my life today: I think more than ever before I am more
thankful for my Great High Priest, the Lord Jesus Christ and for what He is
doing for me from His throne in heaven.
The Word of God was so very refreshing to me today.
My
Steps of Faith Today: The
Bible says, “the just shall live by
faith,” and because I have so great a High Priest who has gone before me being
an example on how to live, I want to live my life by faith each day.
Memory verse for the week:
1Peter 4:10
Each one should use whatever gift he has to serve others,
faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.
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